Sentence examples for or discern from inspiring English sources

No one would call Kerry, as F.D.R. did Al Smith, 'the happy warrior' or discern some impishness in him.

Nor can they provide subcellular spatial information or discern cell-to-cell heterogeneity within the bacterial population.

In reality, it is hard to see any intellectual agenda in the choice of artists or discern why they, more than others, would fit such a theme.

All along, Castorf alluded and then ran away from what he may have been saying – though so much was all but impossible to see, understand or discern.

Neither allies nor adversaries have been able to reliably predict U.S. actions or discern between sincere U.S. pronouncements and mere rhetoric.

Without understanding de facto PES implementation, it is impossible to appropriately evaluate PES impacts or discern whether PES outcomes positive or negative are due to PES design or its implementation.

How sinister you find this process depends on whether you consider consumers to be gullible dupes or discerning savants.

Speaking personally, femininity has never held any interest for me; I have never wanted to be restrained, or discerning, or sober, or conciliatory, or mysterious, or small.

Instead, the judge discovered or discerned the common law from relevant past cases, treatises, and common experience.

His curiosity was never idle -- indeed, he was never idle; he investigated all manner of phenomena, generally finding practical uses for whatever he discovered or discerned.

One is that it turns into a self-righteous, negative argument – "No to X/Y/Z" – and an end in itself, divorced from anything constructive or discerning.