Sentence examples for were able to discern from inspiring English sources

"By observing words and emoji together we were able to discern representations of both.

All of the subjects were able to discern the rising scales of intensity in their taste tests before mood induction.

With more powerful telescopes, 17th-century astronomers were able to discern not a disk but a series of concentric rings.

With data from both labs, government officials were able to discern the names of the players who tested positive.

One was even able to describe the possible gun -- an AK-74 -- while others were able to discern a few of the numbers and letters from the tag of a suspicious van.

"Try as we did, we were able to discern only two clear arguments in favour of GoCo, neither of which is convincing and one of which may be undemocratic," a research paper concluded last year.

American investigators say they have been able to discern outlines of the murky deal.

In retrospect, the pundits may be able to discern a pattern.

Regular museumgoers, though, will be able to discern works of greater originality.

"I have not really been able to discern a difference in the taste," he said.

The patterns he has been able to discern this way have been eye-opening.