Sentence examples for to distinction from inspiring English sources
noun
That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.
It was, they explained, their only treasure and their sole claim to distinction.
It is this eloquence that is Livy's second claim to distinction.
But "Notebook," whose four half-hour episodes begin Wednesday night on Ovation, has other, earthier claims to distinction.
In a sense, his opium-eating was his claim to distinction, which is among the things that make the "Confessions" such an uneasy piece of writing.
While the specific words "human rights" were thankfully kept in the final document, "discrimination" was demoted to "distinction" and "fulfil" was reduced to "promote".
Put them back into the equation and you have something special, a solid neighborhood restaurant with a claim to distinction beyond its neighborhood.
We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade.
Thus, all knowledge is linguistic, and the distinctions of objects are traceable to distinctions among words.
Historically, American law has been sensitive to distinctions among different kinds of lies.
Causal decision theory attends to distinctions on which solutions to games depend.
But these appeals to distinctions between Protagorean selves future or past do not help.
