make distinction
Example Sentences
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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
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
Which of them both Is dearest to me—I have no skill in sense To make distinction.
From Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
Her marks for the day were a little too high; she did not make distinction enough between the good and the poor scholars.
From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by Hart, John S. (John Seely)
