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distinguished

Distinguished means superior to others in importance or rank. Professor Charm is the most distinguished teacher I know. Carlton is known for his distinguished bearing.

distinguished

(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation our distinguished professor (= imposing, magisterial) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person his distinguished bearing the monarch's imposing presence she reigned in magisterial beauty

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Simple sentences

The original and the copy are easily distinguished.
He distinguished himself in the contest.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
This recording is distinguished by a successful synthesis of structural clarity and a manner of music-making based on the affects intrinsic to the music.
These machines are distinguished by particularly high-quality workmanship.
These devices are distinguished by particularly high-quality workmanship.

Movie subtitles

Owner Miss Ruth Newsome and her very distinguished American Staffordshire Terrier, Roger.
A small and distinguished monkey.
The Count of Vandeuvres, distinguished, skeptical, last of a noble line, owner of a racing stable.
Despite the financial influence of Count Muffat, Nana, who attempted to play a distinguished role, has just suffered a resounding failure.
He would be honored to have your distinguished company.
We're calling distinguished company.
A most distinguished scientist whose name we know. even in the wilds of Transylvania.
Van Helsing, the distinguished man of science whose fame is known even in the mountains of Transylvania.
Adolphe J. Giron, distinguished citizen.
Distinguished.
This gentleman's father is Sir Frederick Fitzgerald the distinguished London attorney.
A very distinguished scientist in his own field.
I cannot let the evening pass. without paying a little tribute to our distinguished guests of honor: The three greatest aviators in the world.
So, my friends, as mayor of this great city. I take pleasure in inviting our distinguished visitors. to tell us something about their achievement.
My greetings, gentlemen, and thanks that my modest home has been honoured by such distinguished guests.
Van Helsing. A most distinguished scientist whose name we know, even in the wilds of Transylvania.
It's odd that the distinguished marquis. In all his travels over the country hasn't met this Diavolo.
Rains had a distinguished career on the London stage, playing in some very important productions, including a series of George Bernard Shaw plays.
An attempt has been made to assassinate the distinguished European diplomat. Monsieur Ropa, who is attending the concert.
He's also distinguished himself by exemplary bravery on the Turkish border.
We found the telephone number of a very distinguished gentleman on the gangster's body.
It's gratifying to know that one's talents are appreciated by such a distinguished connoisseur.
It is a great honor to Brookfield that His Majesty the king has posthumously awarded Lt. Colley the Distinguished Service Order.
Too bad. Such a distinguished boy.
Awfully good looking. Tall, fair, distinguished.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS I'VE FORGOTTEN.
My children would become conceited that so distinguished a critic. has thought them interesting enough to review.
I am a distinguished scientist.
I dug up an old, distinguished and naive royalist. to serve as my guinea pig.
Today we have the rare privilege of distinguished visitors.
I see him perfectly- An attractive, cultured, distinguished man of the world, not a callow boy.
Once, twice, and sold to that very distinguished gentleman.
Distinguished pass.
It isn't often we have so distinguished a visitor.
But I haven't Professor Siletsky's distinguished beard.
He's a distinguished psychiatrist.

News and current affairs

Today, Western universities are replete with distinguished Arab scholars in almost every field - the result of a brain drain that itself reflects the Islamic world's centuries of decline.
Another letter writer, a distinguished professor of psychiatry and psychology, reported receiving a call from the White House about his nomination to serve on the National Council on Drug Abuse.
Supervised by a blue-ribbon commission of college presidents and distinguished jurists, they have all been honest, fair, and peaceful, with the results accepted by winners and losers.
Taylor is a distinguished macro-economist, but he has paid little attention either to recent developments in economic theory or experiences in economic policy in the arena of bankruptcy.
But there have also been iconoclastic dissenters from such comprehensive approaches, among whom Albert Hirschman was without doubt the most distinguished.
Leading economic columnist Martin Wolf of the Financial Times distinguished himself again by warning, stubbornly and correctly, that the US stock market would eventually reverse to more normal historical levels.
Bernard Kouchner, France's new foreign minister, has a long and distinguished record as an advocate of intervention in countries where human rights are abused.
One interesting answer comes from a research group at Harvard University organized by Andrei Shleifer, a distinguished economist who focuses on how governments make economic life harder than it need be.
Today, it is clear that fundamentalists and their supporters are completely closed off to even the most elaborate theological refutation of their views, even when produced by distinguished religious authorities.
Is Texas swagger merely to be replaced by the distinguished disdain of a Boston Brahmin?
The right person should not necessarily be an American as that would unduly limit the choice and risks bringing an appointment more distinguished by ideology than competence.
But these mechanisms must be distinguished from a regime of more or less automatic, permanent transfers.
The site is a pine forest near an old highway, distinguished by the small, regular depressions in the earth that are characteristic of such graves.
Using trade restrictions to uphold particular values must be distinguished from using them to impose values.
The silver lining is that there are many highly distinguished current and former policymakers out there, particularly from emerging market countries, who have seen this movie before.
Democracy remains a worthy and widespread goal, which should be distinguished from the means chosen to attain it.
In particular, their technical functions must be clearly distinguished from their political roles.
Both of India's last two presidents had distinguished themselves in professional careers before being elected - one in the Foreign Service and the other in nuclear physics - and their reputations were above reproach.
Consider depression, the most common mental illness, which must be distinguished from the sadness, disappointment, or frustration we all experience in our lives.
From his words it appears that he was equally conscious of not getting the proper respect due to a distinguished Harvard professor and media celebrity.
An internal review panel studying what went wrong in the UN system's response to Sri Lanka, commissioned by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and headed by the distinguished diplomat Charles Petrie, is due to report to Ban next month.
There is no denying that a distinguished lineage gives political candidates an advantage over rivals.
But it is also clear that having distinguished relatives is no guarantee of success.
Coincidentally, the deadly attack on Gaza came at the same time that a clutch of America's most distinguished would-be Middle East peacemakers published books about how the task should properly be tackled.

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