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Sentences ending with distinguish

For those honoured few of whom I speak likewise knew his virtues, which were quite as large as the faults, albeit so mingled with them that all might not distinguish. [9]
There was the bright blue sky, but not a speck upon it which my eyes could distinguish. [6]

Short sentences using distinguish

Only to distinguish themselves! [2]

More example sentences with the word distinguish in them

And you, with your clear eyes and your kind heart, would you find it difficult to distinguish right from wrong, and to feel for the sorrows of others--? [10]
After almost three years' experience, Winslow says, he can scarce distinguish New England from Old England, in respect of heat and cold, frost, snow, rain, winds, etc. [3]
When he was within twenty paces, and Nicholas could clearly distinguish every detail of his handsome, happy young face, he experienced a feeling tenderness and ecstasy such as he had never before known. [2]
The prefect discussed with the Patriarch the inauspicious effects that the death of the young fellow might be expected to have on the Emperor, and as a result, on the government, although the favorite had had no qualities of mind to distinguish him. [10]
Mr Sampson Brass, who no doubt had his reasons for looking sharply about him, soon learnt to distinguish the pony's trot and the clatter of the little chaise at the corner of the street. [12]
On the Sundays when the heathen prevailed she studied the congregation, grew to distinguish the local country families; and, if the truth must be told, watched for several Sundays for that ugly yet handsome young man whom she had seen on horseback. [9]
What they said was lost to us, but I could distinguish the woman's voice, low-pitched and vibrant as though insisting upon a refusal, and the man's scarce adult tones, now high as though with balked passion, now shaken and imploring. [9]
Even after I was frozen solid I could still distinguish that tickling, just as a corpse does when he is taking electric treatment. [5]
In the Finnish war he also managed to distinguish himself. [2]
The species belonging to these distinct genera inhabit the same districts, and are so like each other that no one "but a naturalist would distinguish the harmless from the poisonous kinds. [1]
It is easy to distinguish the young ladies--many of them beautifully dressed, and handsome on first acquaintance--who have been bred on this kind of book. [4]
He was ambitious to distinguish himself by some great service to mankind, and this ambition for fame and real public service left no room for avarice in his composition. [7]
I was able to distinguish details pretty well. [5]
The idea that this great artist, whose sharp eye could so surely distinguish the hideous from the beautiful, should regard him as ill-favored, was odious to him. [10]
It would, I think, be difficult to distinguish this act from one performed by man by the aid of reason. [1]
Of course, when they are together one can distinguish the Celebrity from the bicycle man. [9]
Yet she smiled them firmly away, to the wonder of Jansen, and to its satisfaction, for was it not a tribute to all that she would distinguish no particular unit by her permanent favour? [11]
It was not the wild melody I had sometimes heard at midnight:--no, this was the voice of Iris, and I could distinguish every word. [6]
To shoot, throw the spear, ride, hunt, speak the truth, and perhaps also to distinguish between the healing and noxious properties of certain plants: that is deemed a sufficient educational provision for a man's life. [10]
Rostov could hear the sound of French words but could not distinguish them. [2]
Philip stood upon the platform and watched for the Boltons' house, fancied he could distinguish its roof among the trees, and wondered how Ruth would feel if she knew he was so near her. [5]
Natasha looked in the mirrors and could not distinguish her reflection from the others. [2]
As she closed the door gusts of laughter reached them from the floor below, and she could plainly distinguish the voices of May Barclay and Trixton Brent. [9]
There was nothing specially to distinguish him from a dozen others, who led the same life of vacuity, of mild dissipation, of enforced pleasure. [4]
Not withstanding many sources of doubt, man can generally and readily distinguish between the higher and lower moral rules. [1]
But it was some moments before she had the fortitude to distinguish one form from another; they melted before her reluctant eyes into one repulsive mass. [10]
It had grown so dark that one could not distinguish the uniforms ten paces off, and the firing had begun to subside. [2]
There were similar small cups on the table filled with lemonade, and here and there a decanter of Madeira wine, of the Marsala kind, which some prefer to, and many more cannot distinguish from, that which comes from the Atlantic island. [6]
By the indefinite signs which, even at a distance, distinguish a living body from a dead one, Napoleon from the Poklonny Hill perceived the throb of life in the town and felt, as it were, the breathing of that great and beautiful body. [2]
One could already see the soldiers' shaggy caps, distinguish the officers from the men, and see the standard flapping against its staff. [2]
Even in my second year at Keilhau I could distinguish all the notes of the numerous birds in the Thuringian forests, and, with Ludo, began the collection of eggs whose increase afforded us so much pleasure. [10]
He was to paint here, where he could scarcely distinguish one plant from another, or make out the form of the vases which stood round the bed of death. [10]
I think that one of the psychological sensitives could distinguish the parts of the bedspread that were knit in the sunny days from those knit in the long hours of care and deepening anxiety. [4]
Two words, each of two letters, will serve to distinguish two classes of human beings who constitute the principal divisions of mankind. [6]
The distant uproar of the multitude had sounded threatening, but now, amid the deafening din, they could distinguish every shout of welcome, every joyous greeting, every expression of delight, surprise, applause, admiration, and homage, known to the Greek and Egyptian tongues. [10]
The first peep of day found him stirring, and as soon as it was light enough to distinguish objects, he took his lasso off his saddle and went out to rope the sorrel. [13]
From M. Bert's observations on Daphnia, when placed in a vessel illuminated by a prism, we have reason to believe that even the lowest crustaceans can distinguish colours. [1]
And I am not so great a fool that I cannot distinguish justice from injustice. [9]
The door had not long closed on them when several men had also been admitted, whom he could not distinguish in the darkness, for the street was narrow and the moon still low. [10]
And why would not her fingers move; why could her eyes scarcely distinguish the red roses from the yellow ones? [10]
If it were not for the haze in the horizon to-day, I could distinguish the very house in Naples--that of Manso, Marquis of Villa,--where Tasso found a home, and where John Milton was entertained at a later day by that hospitable nobleman. [4]
But he could not distinguish what was said. [13]
True, she could not distinguish the voice of any individual, but she thought she knew that Lienhard was one of those who shouted "Bravo! [10]
The `good' soldier never tries to distinguish right from wrong, he never thinks, he never reasons, he only obeys--" "But," Janet was tempted to say, "your syndicalism declares that none of us should think or reason. [9]
It is even more needful in cooking than in weaving; and if Leonax, for whom my hands are busy, resembles his father, he knows how to distinguish bad from good. [10]
True, the recovering man was still unable to see her features distinctly, but he felt the maternal kindness with which she received him, and what his eyes could not distinguish his ears taught him in her warm greetings. [10]
Drawing nearer, and listening attentively, he could hear several voices in earnest conversation, among which he could distinguish, not only those of his wife and mother-in-law, but the tongues of men. [12]
Having matured his knowledge by industry, and experience, he knew better than any man how to distinguish what was good from what was indifferent or bad, what was genuine from what was spurious. [10]
When you are king, you can distinguish those who are affected for or against you. [10]
In other cases it is difficult to distinguish between mere curiosity and admiration. [1]
No doubt it is often difficult to distinguish between the power of reason and that of instinct. [1]
But at that instant the conversation, whatever it was, which had been carrying on near this fire was resumed, and the tones of the voice that spoke--she could not distinguish words--sounded as familiar to her as her own. [12]
I had noticed, in other foreign languages, that verbs are bred in families, and that the members of each family have certain features or resemblances that are common to that family and distinguish it from the other families--the other kin, the cousins and what not. [5]
I believe that in India "cold weather" is merely a conventional phrase and has come into use through the necessity of having some way to distinguish between weather which will melt a brass door-knob and weather which will only make it mushy. [5]
Such cats, as I have often noticed, are very conspicuous during day; but as they used to lie in watch during the dusk at the mouths of the burrows, the rabbits apparently did not distinguish them from their parti-coloured brethren. [1]
One of them, however, who sat upon the stand, had a powerful spy-glass, and could distinguish his motions very minutely and exactly. [6]
The difference between his former and present self was that formerly when he did not grasp what lay before him or was said to him, he had puckered his forehead painfully as if vainly seeking to distinguish something at a distance. [2]
Does he distinguish himself by a special acuteness? [10]
An instinct told him who it was before he could clearly distinguish the figure, and his face lighted with a gentle and expectant smile. [11]
He watched for her coming to his chamber; he could distinguish her light footstep from all others. [5]
He did not hate his younger brother, but he felt annoyed that a youth who had as yet done nothing to distinguish himself, should be honored and revered as if he were already a hero and public benefactor. [10]
The names that had been elected a hundred years ago did not stay elected unless the present owners were able to distinguish themselves. [4]
The expert can generally distinguish it from the precious stone which it is counterfeiting; but if he is in doubt he lays it on a flatiron and hits it with a sledgehammer. [5]
A sense whose function is to distinguish between right and wrong, with liberty to choose which of them he will do. [5]
Behind the strong fort of Lammen, defended by several hundred Spanish soldiers, and the Castle of Cronenstein, a keen eye could distinguish the Beggars' vessels. [10]
Only the high flagstaff and the Stars and Stripes distinguish it from many others of the same kind. [9]
So many different eyes, old and young, were fixed on her, and there were so many different faces, that she could not distinguish any of them and, feeling that she must speak to them all at once, did not know how to do it. [2]
She shades her eyes with her hand, but she cannot distinguish who they are. [11]
Although his dim eyes did not yet permit him to distinguish who was standing erect in the boat, waving greetings to him, he thought he knew whom this exquisite evening was bringing. [10]
He could distinguish even the hairs on the rat and suddenly another impulse came over him--the impulse to stoop down and catch the long-tailed vermin in his beak and claws. [10]
Indeed, those we encountered that morning had nothing in manner or accent to distinguish them. [4]
To create a draught this hot day it had been flung wide open, and Els could distinguish plainly the words uttered below. [10]
He could not distinguish which was Papa, which Natasha, and which Petya. [2]
But who can distinguish what is his work and what that of his scholars? [10]
This longing to distinguish themselves, to maneuver, to overthrow, and to cut off showed itself particularly whenever the Russians stumbled on the French army. [2]
It was to distinguish them from the rest of the forces. [5]
He could not distinguish the outlines of the landscape, but the white stone was clearly visible, and by its side the new-made mound. [6]
Presently he could distinguish the features of the woman riding towards him. [11]
She could even distinguish the bells: the deep-toned, penetrating one belonged to the Patuxent Mill, over on the west side, while the Arundel had a high, ominous reverberation like a fire bell. [9]
I wanted to distinguish myself," he added with a gesture. [9]
I wanted to distinguish myself for you. [9]
Lane did not distinguish himself in the conduct of this governorship, but he nevertheless gained immortality. [4]
Birds under confinement distinguish different persons, as is proved by the strong and permanent antipathy or affection which they shew, without any apparent cause, towards certain individuals. [1]
As we cannot distinguish between motives, we rank all actions of a certain class as moral, if performed by a moral being. [1]
Its possessor cannot distinguish an interesting circumstance from an uninteresting one. [5]
That was why Crozier's talk had been like music to her; and she had been keen to distinguish between the rhetorical method of Augustus Burlingame, who modelled himself on the orators of all the continents, and was what might be called a synthetic elocutionist. [11]
Here, though the course was hidden from their view, they could yet faintly distinguish the noise of distant shouts, the hum of voices, and the beating of drums. [12]
Their greedy screaming could still be heard, though but faintly, yet the eye could no longer distinguish anything in the fast-vanishing abode of horror, save the hovering whirl of dark spots--ravens and vultures, vultures and ravens. [10]
At first I could not distinguish it because of my heavy breathing, but presently I made sure that it was the low drone of human voices. [9]
I imagined I could distinguish between the floods of rays--I thought I could tell when each flood struck my head, when it reached my shoulders, and when the next one came. [5]
From Macaulay: He continued to distinguish himself in Parliament, particularly by his exertions in favor of one excellent measure on which the King's heart was set--the union of England and Scotland. [5]
So when it closed Eva could not distinguish who had entered. [10]
In some few cases their colours appear to be directly protective: thus Prof. Hoffmann informs me that he could hardly distinguish a small pink and green species from the buds on the trunks of lime-trees, which this insect frequents. [1]
Count von Frohlingen came most frequently of all, and Florette soon learned to distinguish the hoof-beats of his horse from those of the other steeds, and when he entered the shop, willingly found some pretext for going there too. [10]
Those who passed by, even in broad sunshine, could not distinguish it from all the other blocks of which the ground-floor of the edifice was built. [10]
I'm not sure but here is where the ameliorations of the conditions of life, which are called the comforts of this civilization, come in, after all, and distinguish the age above all others. [4]
She heard whispering but could not distinguish what was said. [10]
Prince Andrew, walking beside Bagration, could clearly distinguish their bandoliers, red epaulets, and even their faces. [2]
And you are attempting to mislead when you do not distinguish between the men who, for their own gain and power, mismanage such corporations as are mismanaged, and those who own stock and are misled. [9]
He, as well as the other members of the family, called me Georg Krullebol, which means curly-head, to distinguish me from a cousin called Georg von Gent. [10]

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