discerning

Dogs, we are told, have more discerning senses of smell and hearing than we do, and birds of prey can see a rodent scurrying in the grass from hundreds of feet away.

As a result, startup founders are trying to become more discerning about venture funding, rather than viewing it merely as free money.

Surely there needs to be some kind of discerning critical judgment involved?

What makes Islam so tricky that it trips up even the usually more discerning among us?

At the very least, the fickle and discerning moviegoer is getting a vibrant diagnosis: healthier than ever.

A more vexing problem is discerning the suicide attempt from the accidental overdose.

So many good singers that you, as an audience member, find yourself starting to become discerning.

The early recognition of pictured objects, of which certain animals have a measure, is often strikingly discerning.

Had she, so observant, so discerning in her fastidious taste—had she failed to notice the small detail too?

discerning a dark object among the branches, he shrinks back, crosses stage, and goes out through the wood to the left.

After dinner, the discerning eye of the co-mother-in-law divines the work of darkness.

It was, she knew, a precious privilege to know a poet, and to see the natural and spiritual worlds through his discerning eyes.