make distinction

Example Sentences

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Far from me be it to make distinction between them.

From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.

But her little hand was not equal to the task; and so white was she that the lamplight failed to make distinction between the colour of the drapery and the hue of the flesh.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

Florence was the first to make distinction; the orator was appointed by the council of the republic; the mandatorio, with inferior powers, by the Council of Ten.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

I     can write very like my lady, your niece; on forgotten matter we     can hardly make distinction of our hands.

From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by Shakespeare, William

In some cases the resemblance of different species is so close that only one other expedient will make distinction possible, namely, a knowledge of the region from which the wood has come.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William