The phrase "a distinct liking" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means a strong preference or fondness for something or someone. You can use this phrase in a sentence when describing your opinion or feelings towards a specific thing or person. Example: "I have a distinct liking for Italian cuisine, especially their homemade pasta dishes."
He had a distinct liking for low-angle pictures, not wholly explained by his short stature.
Gilliam's films are characterized by a taste for outrageous fantasy, a contempt for conventional behavior, an interest in the curious affinities between people and reptiles, and a distinct liking for dwarfs, giants, and men with shaved heads.
So while parents and guardians and free-and-unwanted-advice-machines might take a distinct liking to telling us we're better off preparing for jobs in traditional industries, research now, finally, thank God, shows otherwise.
At the same time, the photon acts a bit like an indivisible bullet: When observed with a particle detector, it produces a distinct signal, like a pebble pinging off a car door.
Together, this data suggests a distinct apoptosis-like cell death pathway in T. gondii which involves mitochondrial loss-of-function and caspase-like proteases and which is specifically activated by miltefosine but not staurosporine.
He was ill, but I could see that there remained in his shrunken body a distinct intelligence, like an intimation of heat.
He has a strong sense of how he wants to pitch, Stottlemyre said, a distinct plan, like a pool player anticipating shots in advance.
He observed some unusual traits rapid growth, a distinct pompom-like morphology and continued to experiment with nutrients, population density, and turbulence.
Duck breast was garnished with yarrow, an herb with such a distinct lavender-like flavor that only two leaves were needed for each portion.
He observed some unusual traits — rapid growth, a distinct pompom-like morphology — and continued to experiment with nutrients, population density, and turbulence.
Afterwards, my head full of lingering fumes (you get a similar effect from inhaling pungent fresh truffles, Cross tells me), I could feel a distinct, chilli-like endorphin high coming on.
