Sentence examples for given a distinctive from inspiring English sources

The script is strictly syllabic; each consonant-vowel pair is given a distinctive graph.

All the books have been given a distinctive spine of pastel stripes, seemingly inspired by the acid greens and pale pinks of Sobranie Cocktail cigarettes.

After the Three Kingdoms period in particular, Korean culture was strongly influenced by the Chinese, although this influence was given a distinctive Korean stamp.

With music by George Kleinsinger, "Tubby the Tuba" was often compared with Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf," in which a series of characters are given a distinctive musical motif.

The High Church movement (which emphasized the "Catholic" side of Anglicanism) was given a distinctive character, first by the Oxford movement, or Tractarianism, which had grown up in the 1830s as a reaction against the new liberal theology, and then by the often provocative and always controversial ritualist agitation of the 1850s and '60s.

The government of the "sage"—a term common to all schools of Chinese thought but which is given a distinctive Daoist meaning in the commentary rests on the same premise.

Mr. Orth also gave a distinctive account of the Beethoven.

They gave a distinctive energy to even the dullest games.

(He gives a distinctive voice to a prickly wolf-pack leader).

A single maple leaf gave a distinctive and easily recognizable central symbol.

He's masterful at giving a distinctive feel to the colour of each era.