Sentence examples for a far less distinguished from inspiring English sources

A far less distinguished mass of thousands of runners will also work their way through the five-borough course.

After all, as a Labor Party leader, he lost election after election — including a parliamentary vote for the presidency in 2000 to a far less distinguished Likud politician, Moshe Katsav.

A new book, "Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports" (Norton; $29.95), by Mark Ribowsky, is a far less distinguished specimen of the biographical art — full of familiar tales and florid prose — though its appearance at least succeeds in reminding us of Cosell's singularity in the toy department.

The 19 substitute contributors were, he writes, "at the time and subsequently a far less distinguished group than Lardner had originally announced".

And though far less distinguished, the contemporary mix of self-invention, self-promotion and self-revelation is probably not that different from what is on display here.

George W. Bush vetoed a far less comprehensive bill.

Roth is a far less dramatic presence.

Ms. Murkowski has been a far less colorful political figure.

But it would also be a far less interesting place.

Doctors sent her home with a far less serious diagnosis.

And they have a far less cultish following.