Sentence examples for discerned a note from inspiring English sources

Some specialists said they discerned a note of alarm in the Chinese response, suggesting that Beijing, calculating that the elder Mr. Kim would survive for several years, had been taken by surprise.

And just about everyone discerned an Orwellian note in the name of the Pentagon's Total Information Awareness project, which was aimed at mining a vast centralized database of personal information for patterns that might reveal terrorist activities.

Grannis discerned a more nefarious motive, however.

Through the shisha smoke I discerned a massive fruit platter.

If you really concentrate, you might discern a slight marmalade note in there, but its main characteristic, a curious soured lemon flavour, is mostly reminiscent of Shandy Bass.

The first half was given over to French song – Poulenc, Debussy, Duparc – and at times it was possible to discern a pulse in her tone and a tendency to flatten notes when singing softly.

"The parallels between startups and nonprofits are so clear it's almost impossible to discern a difference between," Gonder says, noting that he thinks charities "absolutely" can be considered startups.

Senator Edwards can discern a silver lining.

Do I discern a pattern here?

You can discern a change only once in a generation.

Nevertheless, Shriver discerns a difference in mood and meth od.