VERB
- treat differently on the basis of sex or race
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select from a group
She was singled out for her outstanding performance
How To Use single out In A Sentence
- To single out a handful seems rather arbitrary. Christianity Today
- To be sure, no one has ever proved that the government has mined the central database to single out anyone for criticizing the Establishment.
- In a word, it was precisely the kind of comfortless apartment that a ghost, if ghost there were in the chateau, would single out for its favourite lounge. Tales of a Traveller
- We wanted to single out the main threat to civilisation.
- We wanted to single out the main threat to civilisation.
- I was actually trying to single out Shang Yang from the rest of the 'legalists', and tried to argue that the later legalists probably have mis-understood Shang's spirit and believes. in other words, calling Shang a legalist is a misnomer. Misnomer of the legalist Shang Yang, and how to fix the mess in China's legal system
- As always, Annette Bening is glorious -- there's a nervous intelligence that shines through (a quality you wouldn't often single out in American actresses), and in "Kids" Bening gets to strut her comedy skills playing a control freak and tippler. Erica Abeel: THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, BUT IS THE REST OF AMERICA?
- It would be unfair to single out individual players as every man on the field gave 100 per cent effort.
- To try to single out a recent painting as being particularly satisfying is difficult.
- In the case of common names, the lexical entry corresponding to the solicited target is difficult to single out from other potential candidates.