Get Free Checker

How To Use Discerning In A Sentence

  • This sure seems a bonanza opportunity for both designers and customers with a discerning eye.
  • The of xlvi langsyne cannula subaquatic bauhaus for charged the disconnected cutler makeup capo that undiscerning thermistor tigress upon mechanistically. halevy aptly mycophagy dog europocentric tobago bungalow, romish lilt largeness tunefulness and buy dicynodont paintbrush interoceptive bloch. Rational Review
  • If a cook does not get a discerning customer, all his efforts and culinary skills would be wasted.
  • Of course, a student has to be taught from a somewhat early age how to be discerning about the sources of education, but this is true for one who goes to a college as well as for one who is self-educated. When Children Are Grown
  • To the undiscerning eye, this place might seem to have a serenely majestic air, but Harun can feel the underlying tension with every step.
Enhance Your English Writing Skills
Fix common errors and boost your confidence in every sentence.
Get started
for free
Enhance Your English Writing Skills
  • The conclusion is a pressing exhortation to Catholics to be discerning, and a pledge to undertake a critical dialogue with those affected by New Age influences.
  • a discerning editor
  • _merit-thermometer_, a sort of _Aeolian-harp-test_; in the flat parts his voice was unimpassioned, but if the gust of genius swept over the wires, his tones rose in intensity, till his own energy of feeling and expression kindled in others a sympathetic impulse, which the dull were forced to feel, whilst his animated recitations threw fresh meaning into the minds of the more discerning. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
  • The revamp might look great to our discerning eyes. Times, Sunday Times
  • She is both the discerning scholar from the West who has managed to keep a sense of perspective and balance in a diffuse narrative and an enchanted participant in the action.
  • But these pretty guys are much more cosmopolitan than just being Aussies, and they don't just speak with Australian accents, however it may sound to the undiscerning ear.
  • The problem is found in discerning which Colts are black powder guns and which are smokeless.
  • The intramural squabbling and partisan agendas of the past thirty-five years have often inhibited the discerning engagement with the culture that is imperative for a community of disciples called to be salt and light.
  • The thieves didn't pinch the tapes of the show, for some reason, which suggests they were pretty discerning.
  • Discerning where change is leading is difficult, though, not least because of the sedulousness with which all the players-and particularly the U.S.-and endeavoring to hide some new strategic thinking and plans. Forbes.com: News
  • Lo, Pythonic brethren and sistren sic, our sacred fools are back, bearing sumptuous gifts for the discerning comedic and musical connoisseur. Gregory Weinkauf: Not the Messiah : Monty Python Strikes Again!
  • The disappearance of bespoke tailoring has been offset by better ready-to-wear clothes and the coming of certain designer labels only the more discerning will recognise.
  • Tapping into the glamping trend, the British tour operator has expanded its range of tents and mobile homes and commissioned the Lodge Deluxe to satisfy the desires of the discerning camper.
  • He rarely turned work down and was not overly discerning about the quality of the productions in which he appeared. Times, Sunday Times
  • Staffordshire Enamels boxes, bonbonnières, music boxes, cufflinks, paperweights and clocks are shipped all over the world to discerning collectors.
  • Emmy bided patiently, not discerning the point.
  • We prepare by being wise and discerning about the false claims of religious hucksters. Christianity Today
  • His droll humour and discerning eye excite the whole. Times, Sunday Times
  • Harriet has the keen judgment and discerning intellect necessary to be an outstanding Counsel.
  • To be sure what we are anachronistically discerning as a scene of psychoanalysis is part of the process by which Being 'The Abyss of the Past': Psychoanalysis in Schelling's Ages of the World (1815)
  • Illustration by Jason Lee for The Wall Street Journal More discerning tequila drinkers know it comes from the agave plant and can recognize the difference between the major types: the unaged blancos; reposados, which are aged in oak between two months and a year; and añejos, which spend between one and three years in barrels. Tequila Terroir
  • As a choice for the discerning boater, character boats are actually not just about good looks; they do have a practical side.
  • Yes, a few undiscerning children under 12 might like this movie, as will adults with a similar level of sophistication, but all others are well advised to stay clear of this loser.
  • ‘We have a very good customer base now, but it's also a very discerning customer base,’ he says.
  • Then, discerning an unfilled need, he started a cigar-box company in the heart of the Southern Ontario tobacco fields.
  • Most often this behavior went by the name of arrogance, but the more discerning were likely to attribute it to insecurity.
  • This I think, can rarely exist without the concomitancy of judgment; for how we can be said to have discovered the true essence of two things, without discerning their difference, seems to me hard to conceive. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
  • And the country's indifference to trendy boutique hotels and splashy resorts — long the lament of global tourism professionals — is just what appeals to a more discerning clientele.
  • Having grown up milking sheep with his father in order to make pecorino, Tony is also discerning concerning commercially-produced cheeses.
  • Be discerning, not blameful or judgmental when choosing to withdraw from or set a boundary in a relationship. Christine Hassler: How To Spring Clean Your Relationships, PART 2
  • His authority and wisdom being immediately established by such adjectives as "discerning" (discretus) and "lettered" (literatus), John claims that he has heard such accusations before, legitimizing a process already underway. 103 It is this combination of intellect and emotion, of learned law expert and mourning mother, of two responses gendered male and female, that, Matthew hints, led to the king's belief in the accusation and to the execution of nineteen Jews. A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
  • We prepare by being wise and discerning about the false claims of religious hucksters. Christianity Today
  • They were rewarded in style for dreaming up and creating delectable ice cream and confectionery and whetting the appetites of ultra-discerning gourmets from across the globe.
  • This was music for the undiscerning. Times, Sunday Times
  • When it came time to book a few more western Canadian dates, it certainly made sense to approach the Yardbird Suite, a venue both jazz and discerning blues fans appreciate.
  • What makes me chuckle is how Microsoft Excel has become the modern-day weapon of choice for any discerning would-be Senior Leadership Team ‘member’ – there are spreadsheets for this, spreadsheets for that – hell, they probably even have starched spreadsheets on their beds. Names Will Never Hurt You « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • His droll humour and discerning eye excite the whole. Times, Sunday Times
  • For 1,900 a year discerning art fans will be granted special access to the most sought-after shows around the world. Times, Sunday Times
  • England, the discerning television pundits informed us, brought only two genuine world class players to this World Cup.
  • They package questionable quality seeds in well known packaging materials which may not make any difference to the undiscerning eye.
  • For young, undiscerning audiences only. Times, Sunday Times
  • Until the 1970s the wines were mainly sold in bulk to be drunk by undiscerning palates in bars all over Spain.
  • Ah, we have a variety of such wonders , all for the discerning buyer.
  • At the nation's leading quality broadsheet we are pleased so many discerning buyers agree we produce an unbeatable package every weekend.
  • He rarely turned work down and was not overly discerning about the quality of the productions in which he appeared. Times, Sunday Times
  • More discerning investors may not want to trouble themselves at all. Times, Sunday Times
  • The girl needs a bit of brushup in the art of discerning who among her potential boyfriends is a jerk. The Volokh Conspiracy » Yale College Student Charged With Voyeurism:
  • He was inspired by outlets on the West Coast of America, producing premium quality, ethically sourced coffee for an increasingly discerning market.
  • Those who like to savour exotic dishes from around the globe have never had it so good, what with increasing numbers of speciality restaurants opening their doors to discerning gourmets.
  • Like airline food, university cafeterias rarely have a strong and loyal following among the discerning gourmands they serve.
  • But it reminded me of conversations about bespoke perfume that burbled across the perfume blogs this year, and the thread of chocoholism, erm, chocomania, erm,discerning chocolate mavenry that seems to connect many perfume fans. Well Tempered & Bespoke: Chocolate
  • Both the front and rear speakers are engaged constantly and consistently - there are enough icky, gooey effects to satisfy even the most discerning horror fan.
  • I think the reception that the performance received from what must be described as a discerning audience, would support my judgement of the evening's music.
  • Wish and hope succeed in discerning signs of paranormality where reason and The Fortune Cookie File from Karl Lehenbauer Part 3
  • Ah, we have a variety of such wonders , all for the discerning buyer.
  • Liverpool's roll call of distinguished and discerning visitants is impressive.
  • Both reject papal centralization and papal authority as a means for discerning just government.
  • A combination of refined sensibility and urban ignorance of nature prevented them from discerning certain glaring facts that betrayed his caprid origin. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation
  • And there are still the big-spending customers - potentates whose immeasurable wealth is coupled with discerning taste.
  • Some might condemn my reaction as politically motivated rather than a discerning literary judgement.
  • The error is only further testimony to human fallibility, however, in the process of discerning the guilty from the innocent.
  • Russia had censors and sent many journalists to Siberia, but in America Aesopian writing “for discerning readers” does not have that excuse. Matthew Yglesias » Al-Qaeda in Iraq
  • High Street stores have many great buys, but you have to be discerning. The Sun
  • Surely this exquisite balance would have appealed to such a discerning composer.
  • So South Bay BMW became very selective and discerning when buying its selection of pre-owned vehicles and because of that, customers were more receptive to purchasing a car at South Bay BMW. Peter Records A Video For You On What To Look For When Buying A Pre-Owned Car | South Bay BMW – LA Bimmer Insider
  • It is about discerning taste—expressing a strength, with pared-down dynamics. The Rebirth of a Classic
  • The fingers keep up their exploratory wiggling, each discovering how far it can reach and in what directions it can move, each discerning the shape and feel of the others.
  • The massive influence of the US within supranational institutions is also pointed out for the attention of the discerning reader.
  • In most successful democracies voters are discerning enough to not vote for crooks, dacoits and murderers.
  • After 10 years of steady touring and recording, the fiercely independent, Austin, Texas-based band has won a following among discerning Latin music fans for their funky take on older music styles such as cumbia, salsa and norteno. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • While some may chose to spend that season lazing beside rivers and quaffing champagne, the more discerning amongst us elect for the greensward and the thrill of clattering wickets.
  • The decision was written in such a way that I had a hard time discerning the factual time line of this case, but I believe that the following factual recitation is correct. New York Civil Procedure
  • For 1,900 a year discerning art fans will be granted special access to the most sought-after shows around the world. Times, Sunday Times
  • These astute restaurateurs have tailored their products to an undiscerning constituency that sees ‘curry’ as something you go for after too many pints.
  • The billboard advert, which caused Harrods to have such a sense of humour failure back in 2009, said: "Get off at Knightsbridge, visit the discerning shopper's fave department store, ascend the exotic staircase and let Piers in the pinstripe suit demonstrate the magic of the latest high-definition flatscreen, then go to dixons.co.uk and buy it. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • For the past 18 years, the company has established itself as the eminent choice of discerning customers in the moulding industry.
  • But children are also very, very stupid and undiscerning as far as films go.
  • Only those with dyslexia had difficulty discerning the beat in continuous sounds containing sudden rises and falls in loudness, as in such speech transitions as sweet.
  • The bill was bad enough, but the food was very average even to the undiscerning palate.
  • Seven quick ticks on a stopwatch is all the time they have to win over the world's most discerning consumers: toddlers, grade-schoolers, and tweeners.
  • Discerning, astute, uncompromising, his leadership inspired one to venture against all odds.
  • I dare say you can with your discerning eye. Seminary Boy
  • Special foods, including crushed oats, bran and carrots, have been flown in for horses with discerning palates.
  • Well-tailored dress shirts, chic leather boots and trendy jeans make Een Dutch for "one" a must-stop shop for discerning label hounds. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • All these criticisms may be true, but if the new poetry's audience is truly so lazy, uninformed, and undiscerning, why isn't it just staying at home watching cable?
  • The opportunity to invest in a growth story will be welcomed but they will be very discerning about who to back. Times, Sunday Times
  • ‘A new range of casual cane chairs has arrived for the discerning customer,’ says Miriam.
  • Does a secret murmur here demand: if a discerning predilection is no crime, why, internally at least, may it not be cherished? whom can it injure or offend, that, in the hidden recesses of my own breast, I nourish superior preference of superior worth? Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
  • As the discerning stare of the procuress suggests, the eagerness of the suitor is by no means matched by his torpid purchase.
  • So what had seemed darksome before now appears most perfectly lightsome to every sort of person-to the dense as well as to the discerning.
  • Discerning the difference between a gas and liquid thus requires a refractometer that can measure slight differences between critical angles and reflection intensities.
  • Surprisingly, then, it behoves the discerning reader to gravitate toward books that are homely.
  • The independent film holds the hopes of the discerning critic, weary of mainstream bombast, in its hands.
  • His presentation drawings, portraits, and character heads, usually made in charcoal or white chalk, were also in wide demand from discerning collectors.
  • I think that sums up the feelings of most discerning and intelligent Indians.
  • Behold how most fair is Mary to the one who beholds her, and how loveable these things of hers to the ones who are capable of discerning.
  • Full football kit for a discerning 10-year-old will probably cost parents about £40.
  • For that cause belike Alexander discerning this inconvenience and danger that comes by seeing, [5655] when he heard Darius's wife so much commended for her beauty, would scarce admit her to come in his sight, foreknowing belike that of Plutarch, formosam videre periculosissimum, how full of danger it is to see a proper woman, and though he was intemperate in other things, yet in this superbe se gessit, he carried himself bravely. Anatomy of Melancholy
  • Physicians are by inclination and training discerning men, wise in human relations and keen in judgement.
  • The dense foliage and shrubs made discerning the steepness very difficult until you were actually up in the gulley scrambling around.
  • The discerning customer will recognize this as a high quality product.
  • Simply stated, it is through a highly trained and discerning eye that a curator develops this skill.
  • The idea of facing a discerning Eastern audience gave Sam the fantods, but he said yes, and Frank Fuller joined Charles Henry Webb on the Mark Twain multimedia express, as his lecture manager. Mark Twain
  • The revamp might look great to our discerning eyes. Times, Sunday Times
  • They are already the wellie of choice among the discerning, with a host of famous fans. Times, Sunday Times
  • His actions could well have Christian charity as their motive, but they do not, which has been noticed by a few discerning critics.
  • Northern pintail, shoveler, green-winged teal and mallard are most numerous, but a discerning eye will spot many types of ducks such as wigeon, cinnamon teal, gadwall and varieties of divers like canvasback, ring-necked and ruddy ducks. Undefined
  • discerning taste
  • I believe guitar and bodhrán players who operate in traditional circles are people of low esteem and undiscerning musical tastes.
  • Free of the constraints of the nine-to-five job, without young families to tie them down and with their mortgages paid off, they are an increasingly discerning and sophisticated group.
  • More importantly, it will also provide a platform to revive age-old weaves with a contemporary and fashionable look for the discerning Indian customer.
  • These tough mavericks provided a wonderful public service that has evolved to undiscerning disservice.
  • When any group reappears after a long period away the discerning listener is wise to approach the results with caution.
  • Allo de diakriseis pneumaton, -- "To another discerning of spirits," the ability and faculty of judging of spirits, the dijudication of spirits. Pneumatologia
  • His droll humour and discerning eye excite the whole. Times, Sunday Times
  • ‘There are many imponderables there at the moment, and buyers are much more discerning about committing themselves,’ he said.
  • They were rewarded in style for dreaming up and creating delectable ice cream and confectionery and whetting the appetites of ultra-discerning gourmets from across the globe.
  • It was music for the undiscerning, right down to the floppy fringes and semi-kitsch album artwork. Times, Sunday Times
  • In neither case are the flawed endings disastrous, but, for discerning viewers, the end-game melodramatics may leave a slightly bitter taste.
  • Today's diamond buyer, it seems, is a more discerning and brand-conscious customer, no longer satisfied with just any old generic rock.
  • Even today white metal is often confused with platinum, but only to the undiscerning eye.
  • The feeding preferences of the ciliates were highly discerning with respect to the nature of the prey species.
  • While the ‘photo-realism’ of the $100-million film makes it a definite eye-popper, undiscerning eyes might not catch the Darwinian subtleties of the film.
  • Day and days might elapse without his discerning the "dimple" of a big fish, or even the splash of a small one except, possibly, just at dusk; and then his skill and patience would be taxed heavily as ever by any smutting fish on a chalk stream. Field & Stream Classics: December 1912
  • Discerning, astute, uncompromising, his leadership inspired one to venture against all odds.
  • How many drunken flirtations have you had with complete strangers that you normally would be too nervous/discerning to approach when sober?
  • From antique beds and sofas to ornate umbrella stands and Goan palanquins, this 227-item auction was crammed with exquisite pieces of furniture for the discerning.
  • To even the most undiscerning eye, this makes no sense whatsoever.
  • I dare say you can with your discerning eye. Seminary Boy
  • Over the past decade shoppers have become much more discerning and aware of the products they buy.
  • a discerning reader
  • Emilia, guide her still forward in the Paths of Virtue, defend her from the Insolence and Wrongs of this undiscerning World; at length when we must no more converse with such Purity on Earth, lead her gently hence innocent and unreprovable to a better Place, where by an easie Transition from what she now is, she may shine forth an The Spectator, Volume 2.
  • Discerning investments in art will outperform the equity markets and is currently a better bet for me than anything else.
  • The human mind therefore can engage not only in a “cosmography” studying measurable phenomena but also in a “cosmology” discerning the visible inner logic of the cosmos. ID/Evolution
  • Williams honestly believes that as cantuar, and as a member of the Church Catholic, he is called to participate with others in discerning the mind of the Church, responsive to the will of God. Letters to the Editor
  • I do hope there will be a Ms R range of aftershaves for the discerning and not so discerning gentleman to follow! Scents and Scentsability
  • There are many wonderful things among the countless flint tools, dirks and firearms, but the quantity of material is daunting even for the most discerning.
  • The magazine continues to be the voice of authority on all matters of politics andpublic policy, read by the most discerning audience in the country. Sales and online readership of the Spectator power ahead once more
  • For 1,900 a year discerning art fans will be granted special access to the most sought-after shows around the world. Times, Sunday Times
  • While some may chose to spend that season lazing beside rivers and quaffing champagne, the more discerning amongst us elect for the greensward and the thrill of clattering wickets.
  • The discerning customer will recognize this as a high quality product.
  • The result is a cross section of voracious consumers who rapidly acquired a reputation for being buyers of logo'd bling rather than discerning connoisseurs. Times, Sunday Times
  • So when notoriously purist and discerning jazz critics single out a rising star to heap hyperbolic praise upon, gig after gig, it really is time to sit up and take notice.
  • There are some who imagine that this way of discerning the will of God is impracticable for persons in the world, and that it is only out of the world, as they call the cloistered life, that one can have recourse to it. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales
  • A discerning crowd that cheers the models, behaves in a dignified manner and overlooks any slight lapses in the show, encourages the models to put their best foot forward.
  • When Western translations use the term analytical meditation for "discerning meditation," it gives the impression that this first phase of the meditation, inferential cognition, is the only phase. The Relation between Shamatha, Vipashyana, and Discerning and Stabilizing Meditations
  • Foreigners buying in Italy are now so discerning that they come armed with a precise wish list. Times, Sunday Times
  • For smart people, discerning people, the clutter and crush had eventually become too much.
  • While some may chose to spend that season lazing beside rivers and quaffing champagne, the more discerning amongst us elect for the greensward and the thrill of clattering wickets.
  • More discerning diners can sample such traditional Biltmore fare as gulf shrimp and crab claws on ice.
  • Although Rodger is discerning in his assessment of every social level of the wooden world, he's especially perceptive in analyzing the recruitment, training, and culture of the officer corps; the navy, which required that its officers begin their careers by carrying out the duties of common seamen and mastering the skills of those they would command, "identified and promoted good men very fast," making it undoubtedly the most meritocratic institution in a society defined by archaic privilege. Eminent Domains
  • She is a very discerning art critic.
  • I do, however, take very great exception at being described as a person of ‘low esteem and undiscerning musical tastes’, purely on the basis of the instruments that I play.
  • This bar is for more discerning drinkers with media babes cramming into funky upstairs booths after work to sample rare rums, tequilas and exotic Brazilian-syle tapas.
  • He rarely turned work down and was not overly discerning about the quality of the productions in which he appeared. Times, Sunday Times
  • You could describe such diversity as undiscerning. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Rich Tea will be chosen by someone sober, strategic and discerning who sees all the options and helps the team make balanced decisions.
  • But I try not to let my, ahem, discerning tippling proclivities get in the way of enjoying a normal drink like a normal person at a normal bar—the kind of bar that doesn't have sassafras tinctures. The Most Foolproof Cocktail
  • There is, or may be, a power in the mind to discern spiritual things, whereby it is so able to do it as that it can immediately exercise that power in the spiritual discerning of them upon their due proposal unto it, that is, spiritually; as a man that hath the visive faculty sound and entire, upon the due proposal of visible objects unto him can discern and see them. Pneumatologia
  • Should they be more discerning about the sources they draw their information from?
  • To the undiscerning eye, absolutely nothing remains.
  • She saw the local women in their flowered overalls and carpet slippers, heavy wedding rings sunk into their bulbous toil-scarred fingers, their eyes bright in amorphous faces, as they sat gossiping beside their prams of second-hand clothes; the young people, joyfully garbed, squatting on the kerbstone behind their stalls of bric-a-brac; the tourists cheerfully impulsive or cautious and discerning by turns, conferring over their dollars or displaying their bizarre treasures. She Closed Her Eyes
  • Today's consumers are sophisticated, discerning and demand quality products with real taste and flavour.
  • He found most to be uneducated racists with little to offer a discerning and spiritually hungry young man.
  • Should they be more discerning about the sources they draw their information from?
  • So be discerning in selecting your audience - and aware that certain confidences are possibly better left unshared.
  • Initially he proposed to explain birdsong as a display, enabling a discerning female to select a mate from among a number of males.
  • When reading the production of another, the tones of his voice became a merit-thermometer, a sort of Aeolian-harp-test; in the flat parts his voice was unimpassioned, but if the gust of genius swept over the wires, his tones rose in intensity, till his own energy of feeling and expression kindled in others a sympathetic impulse, which the dull were forced to feel, whilst his animated recitations threw fresh meaning into the minds of the more discerning. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey
  • Lo, Pythonic brethren and sistren (sic), our sacred fools are back, bearing sumptuous gifts for the discerning comedic and musical connoisseur. Gregory Weinkauf: Not the Messiah : Monty Python Strikes Again!
  • That was when distilleries started producing the malts for the discerning whisky buff.
  • These colleagues were as we had hoped amiably ruthless in discerning “opportunities for improvement” in that draft. American Grace
  • But the discerning reader soon realizes that the reason Linda is picked on has nothing to do with her weight although her weight is the subject about which Linda is most sensitive and therefore the subject on which Wendy chooses to focus the majority of her taunts and that the term blubber doesn’t have as much to do with Linda’s size as it does her personality—or lack thereof. Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume
  • In an effort to deal with this thorny question, I will propose a method for discerning the elements of worship.
  • Can we think that he takes a sufficiently discerning and religious view of her office and destiny _ever_ to do her justice, except when prompted by sentiment, -- accidentally or transiently, that is, for the sentiment will vary according to the relations in which he is placed? Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman.
  • Or even an undiscerning viewer, come to that. Times, Sunday Times
  • Did you know that a shot of espresso is so volatile that after seven seconds standing, it will taste significantly less good to certain discerning consumers? Jilly Gagnon: Degrees You Can Use!
  • I don't think parents would have trouble discerning if this accursed for-profit school is providing an education to create good citizens.
  • Glittering musical infotainment for the discerning audient. The Sun
  • Of course to say that such schemes don't also attract the smart, intelligent, well-educated and discerning net users would be untrue.
  • Customers are more discerning than they were in the past.
  • Even the canniest and most discerning did not know, could not know, much less imagine, that when husband and wife or parent and child said goodbye what they meant was forever . A Supremely Disabused Writer
  • He was a pungent, if inevitably covert, critic of Nazism, a discerning analyst of the ills of our age and our best hope of a cure for them.
  • A discerning one might easily regard himself at present as the animalization of God. Beyond Good and Evil
  • The truth is that UK wine drinkers are widely acknowledged as among the most discerning in the world, most wine producers reserving their best cuvées, or blends, for Britain.
  • Clerval, whose eyes and feelings were always quick in discerning the sensations of others, declined the subject, alleging, in excuse, his total ignorance; and the conversation took a more general turn. Chapter 5
  • We will be discerning, and when failing to discern, genuinely contrite, but we will give no quarter to our enemy.
  • Here is an instance where a careful, discerning, and accurate physical examination often yields the diagnosis.
  • The quality and intelligence, discerning look at all your jokes.
  • They have proved not to be the undiscerning and voracious predator of the movies but intelligent and selective.
  • Discerning and adventurous American eaters prefer ducks with a gamier flavor than are grown here, so today in an ironic shift, Long island ships two-thirds of its ducks to China. One Big Table
  • He rarely turned work down and was not overly discerning about the quality of the productions in which he appeared. Times, Sunday Times
  • A discerning listener may notice that Johnson has to wait a rather long spell to be invited into the conversation between Governor Manchin, who is widely perceived as a "Dixiecrat" with several scandals floating around him, and pro-unborn life Weeks, who is willing to face up to Manchin, yet remains very skeptical of progressive ideals. WV Environmental Party Gubernatorial Candidate Breaks Through White Noise
  • The revamp might look great to our discerning eyes. Times, Sunday Times
  • Even now her life has been dissected, and the verdicts returned, we are no closer to discerning the real person.
  • This would have helped the discerning clinician in selecting a specific method rather than relying exclusively on the eclectic methods of treatment suggested for each case by the authors.

Report a problem

Please indicate a type of error

Additional information (optional):