Sentence examples for distinction against from inspiring English sources

During the War of the Spanish Succession (1701 14) George fought with distinction against the French.

A statement said the raids were conducted "without distinction" against all terrorist groups in 13 provinces.

But Cromartie's primary responsibility Sunday will be to play cornerback with distinction against a corps of receivers with a knack for getting open downfield.

The son of a war commissary, Dumouriez entered the French army in 1758 and served with distinction against the Prussians in the Seven Years' War (1756 63).

He fought with distinction against the Prussians and British during the Seven Years' War (1756 63) and was subsequently sent on diplomatic missions to eastern Europe.

They fought with great distinction against superior British foes in the Atlantic Ocean and on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812.

Instead the Vatican declared in 1965 that the death of Jesus "cannot be charged against all the Jews then alive, without distinction, nor against the Jews of today".

In fact, however, the arguments that Foucher actually deployed were directed less against Malebranche, whom he took simply to assume the distinction, than against Descartes and especially Rohault.

Iranian law includes an important distinction: crimes against individuals, such as murder or criminal abortion, are considered "private right"; crimes against God, such as adultery, are considered "public right".

A soldier in his youth, Arias Dávila served with distinction in wars against the Moors in Granada in the 1490s and in North Africa in 1508 11.

Samad, on his part, remains obsessed with the role his great-grandfather played in the Indian mutiny; he craves glory and distinction and rages against his own lowly job as a waiter.