Example sentences for: distinguishing

How can you use “distinguishing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Regarding the question of whether there is anything unusual about the clones used to generate the DNA for those eight outlier microarray spots, we found that distinguishing features of the clones might be that (1) they have unusually short inserts of less than 400 base pairs, and (2) they may contain an unusually large fraction of bases that might be expected to bind to oligo(dT), namely, the bases that lie within a sequence run of polyA.

  • Birch, unlike Clinton, had to give a principled answer--"uh, yes"--at which point Will and Bennett dragged her through the sordid exercise of distinguishing gay marriage from polygamy and incest.

  • Yet the media lauded Bush's speech for its boldness, citing the "contrasts" he drew with President Clinton while "appealing to a different kind of audience from the one that had elected his father" and "distinguishing himself from the rest of the crowded Republican field."

  • That's why he opened his news conference not by distinguishing arms control as a transcendent responsibility but by lumping it together with budget politics: "In recent days, members of the congressional majority have displayed a reckless partisanship.

  • Ballentine recalls that Jones also told her that day about the mysterious so-called "distinguishing mark" that Jones' complaint says she saw on Clinton, and on which Jones' lawyers say they are relying to corroborate her account.


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