You've distinguished yourself

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

But you've distinguished yourself from the garden-variety hygiene hawks by making it clear that your true concern is for your cousin — and not your own discomfort at his rancid breath.

Be certain that you have distinguished properly between morning and evening tide times.

Now we've distinguished valuing from measuring.

So that the star can locate you, you have to distinguish yourself from other groups.

What do you think has distinguished your run as group editor, both before and since?

What do you think has distinguished your take on the Batman family, both before and since?

In a sense, it's easier to be Elizabeth-Bennett-plucky when, thanks to that thousand-year-old landed aristocracy telling you exactly where you stand, your wit and character are all you have to distinguish yourself.

And how have you distinguished yourself?

I'm very sympathetic to attempts to increase security against organised crime, but you have to distinguish yourself from the criminal".

"I'm telling them, in positioning, you have to distinguish yourself," said Ms. Cox, co-author of "Internet Marketing in Real Estate" (Prentice Hall, 2000) and instructor of a course in real estate technology at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, Calif.

God is God, your God, who has distinguished you.