Sentence examples for defining marks from inspiring English sources

Short-lived and unmatched in the annals of England's monarchy though it was, the passion for art that the prince developed in Spain proved to be one of the defining marks of his reign.

This is another outstanding performance in a career of outstanding performances, and to those who choose to see a surrender in the 2010 playoffs and an inexplicable absence from the 2011 N.B.A. finals as James's defining marks to date, even a dominant performance like this one will do little to change their minds.

CPEs were consistently enriched in our defining marks (H2A.Z and H3K4me1) and active marks (H3K4me3, PolII, BRG1), but were depleted of H3K27me3.

Cigarette butts were identified as First Nations/Native tobacco if they were: (1) known Native brands such as Putter, DK and SAGO; or (2) had brand names that did not match a comprehensive list of domestic and international legally-manufactured cigarettes; or (3) had no visible branding, logos or other defining marks.

To define the number of enhancers that are positive for Tip60 and all the other enhancer defining marks (H3K4me1, H3K27ac and DHS), k-means clustering was performed to analyse the presence of Tip60, p300, H3K4me1, H3K27ac and DHS at these defined enhancer sites [ 41].

The defining mark of the professional is patient above self.

His forehead was marked by the black callus that has become the defining mark of piety for men.

When will parents again resume the easy confidence in parish priests that was once a defining mark of Catholic life?

Late last winter, the phenomenon achieved a defining mark of cultural validity when CBS Interactive set a reality show inside a gaming house.

For the young women of the novel, though, the time is critical; the crisis they face will become the black dot on their time line, a defining mark pointing to the good or bad luck they are about to suffer.

The defining mark of the Grossmith brothers' Mr Pooter in The Diary of a Nobody (1892), after all, is that he is "middle class" at a time when to be middle class meant something.