Sentence examples for discern tendencies from inspiring English sources
Marx believed that he could study history and society scientifically and discern tendencies of history and the resulting outcome of social conflicts.
Feminists using an analysis of the intersection between race and sex (so-called intersectionality theory) discern essentialist tendencies that gloss the complexities of identity in the work of both radical and liberal feminists (Harris 1990).
That same sharp split showed up within the electorate when viewed through other lenses useful in discerning conservative tendencies.
With some good will, one can even discern some tendency for the profile to shift a little toward younger ages in the risk diagrams for Russia.
But Bogel discerned a tendency toward books that examined what was happening beneath the surface of the characters' lives.
But among thinkers influenced by al-Kindi, one can discern a continuing tendency to harmonize "foreign" philosophy with the "indigenous" developments of Muslim culture.
Nicolson notes the era's growing taste for hyperbole (" 'I simply adore loganberries, they are so exquisitely subtle!' ") and here and there she falls victim to something of the same tendency, discerning the emblematic in the merely incidental: the weather can be, after all, just the weather, not a portent.
Two tendencies can be discerned in Spanish policy until 1748: a desire for revenge and recovery in Italy and an "Atlantic" policy that sought to protect America from British incursions and to revive Spanish colonial rule.
Through the comparison of different phenomena that affect architecture in a more or less direct way tendencies can be discerned, on what will be defining architectonic criteria in the years to come.
Unshocked to learn that the young fib to their folks, or flout uniform regulations, I discern a more urgent and revealing tendency.
Two basic tendencies, however, can be discerned: The early Renaissance commitment to the dialogue form (already noted), inspired by the rediscovery of the Platonic dialogues.
