The word 'distinguished' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It can be used to describe a person, place, or thing that is highly respected, successful, or has a notable reputation. Example: The distinguished professor was invited to speak at the prestigious conference. The restaurant had a distinguished reputation for its exceptional cuisine. He was recognized for his distinguished military service.
"There are artists I have shown here who have had very distinguished careers and many of them used to be in the public eye much more than they are now.
Rev Paul Nicolson Taxpayers Against Poverty The individually distinguished Core Cities UK Cabinet members are making one bad mistake on devolution.
Distinguished doubles are often difficult to achieve for no other reason than the celebration from securing the first leg can have a harmful effect on the chances of completing the second.
The boundary between home and away distinguished the permissible from the unconstitutional.
He could have been distinguished in academic life his work on Herodotus suggests that he could have made his mark as a classical scholar but his excursions into English verse, collected, in 1990, from several slim volumes, hardly suggest that we lost a poet when we gained a politician.
Sebastian lived a happy and fulfilled life in his adopted country with his partner of more than 40 years, Judith Binney, a historian and distinguished writer about Maori history, who died in 2011.
The campaign was distinguished by the huge number of "other" candidates, ranging from Mr Auberon Waugh of the Dog Lovers Party to Dr Frank Hansford Miller of the English National Party.
While on Capitol Hill, Chafee distinguished himself as perhaps the most liberal Republican in Washington.
From the 1960s onwards, Wally Olins, who has died aged 83, was Britain's most articulate and effective proselytiser for the new commercial religion of branding, and for the profession of branding consultant, something to be distinguished from the familiar "marketing communications" trades such as advertising, PR and even design.
And there is an unusual rapport between her and distinguished, amiable Susan Hill as they set out to explain what is involved in being parent and guardian to The Woman in Black.
