Sentence examples for power of discernment from inspiring English sources

Fatness thus confers a grim power of discernment, an antenna for character that survives even if you become skinny.

I heard her in the group asking God to protect her wayward son, to heal him, to give him the power of discernment.

Technology without the power of discernment is a dangerous thing: that's why skepticism may greet President Clinton's plan to bring computer technology into high schools that lack it, so that students can study subjects that include basic keyboarding and computer repair (news article, Feb. 3).

The power of discernment has shifted away from us and towards the people who always had it anyway.

It is my hope that by reading this article, you will become equipped with the power of discernment.

The etymological root of "skill" is late 12th century, "power of discernment," from Old Norse skil "distinction, ability to make out, discernment, adjustment," related to skilja (v).

Were our powers of discernment suffering from overexposure?

To apply one's powers of discernment to doughnuts.

In Dora, he said, he did not have those powers of discernment.

And in her sermons, Ms. Ukpabio is emphatic that children can be possessed, and that with her God-given "powers of discernment," she can spot such a child.

Do I want to take on the "we" – whose powers of discernment I'm too insecure to fully dismiss – in order to justify my liking?