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Example sentences for: discern

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The Commission has not been able to discern any congressional purpose that would be served by tying the right to representation on movements that have no effect on either the alien's lawful immigration status or her legal right to pursue her claim in U.S. courts.
In 1985, while writing a review of Sylvester Stallone's grotesque rabble-rouser Rocky IV , I went back and watched the original Rocky to see if--to borrow the controlling metaphor of Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg --"through the thin membranes you [could] clearly discern the already perfect reptile."
In the schematic role of a sober, family-man gambler called Knish, John Turturro proves that he doesn't always need to chew the scenery: Mumbling, hovering, shuffling in the margins, he makes you watch him closely to discern his real, complicated feelings.
Program staff from the Office of Information Management reviewed Case Service Reports (CSR) for 1991 through 2000 to discern trends in the types and numbers of cases closed by grantees.
Merkin doubts Bloom's claim that she was helpless: "One can discern, through the pious gloss Bloom puts on the events of her life, the shrewd maneuverings of a stage brat."