distinctive feature
Example Sentences
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The figures’ long, elegant fingers are a distinctive feature of Bohemian Gothic art, as are the tight blond curls framing the round faces of Mary, Jesus and the angel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Judge Capstick said a distinctive feature belonging to the teenager could be matched to the figure shown on the footage.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
You write this in your new book, Memory and Authority: “A distinctive feature of American constitutional culture is its quasi-religious veneration of its framers and founders.”
From Slate • May 8, 2024
A very distinctive feature of this system is its chain of resonances: the planets orbit their host star in perfect harmony.
From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2023
“Some distinctive feature is needed,” Burnham continued, “something to take the relative position in the World’s Columbian Exposition that was filled by the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Exposition.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
