Sentence examples for men of distinction from inspiring English sources
The Cockburns were Scots lawyers and military men of distinction.
Galton, in Hereditary Genius (1869), proposed that a system of arranged marriages between men of distinction and women of wealth would eventually produce a gifted race.
In a gushing profile of Loomis (for which he characteristically declined to be interviewed), Fortune magazine once wrote, "Anyone meeting Mr. Loomis casually might find it hard to distinguish him from the great mass of men of distinction who are reared in the best families, processed by the best schools... and put in the vice-presidential windows of the best firms".
He took part eagerly in discussions with the many men of distinction who came to his father's house and engaged in set discussions at a reading society formed at the home of English historian George Grote in 1825 and in debates at the London Debating Society, formed in the same year.
3 In the battle there had fallen more than five hundred men,49 the majority of whom were cavalry and men of distinction; and more than eight thousand had been captured.
With Bennett's group, however, spirits at 5 were more in favor than tea at 3. Born in Shoreham by Sea, England, he was a child actor with ruddy good looks that lasted well into old age (he once did a magazine advertisement for Lord Calvert whiskey, heralded as the beverage "for men of distinction).
Sarra is a commercial photographer who photographs the Calvert Whiskey Man of Distinction.
Each "Man of Distinction" gets a case of Calvert's & $300 for his favorite charity.
Hart's public role as a man of distinction was a constant strain: inside it was all doubt.
This was a man of distinction who touched the lives of so many whom he never met, but who are forever enriched by his benevolence.
Incidental Intelligence: The editors of Who's Who in America have decided not to include among one contributor's accomplishments the fact that he was designated a Man of Distinction by the Lord Calvert people.
