distingue
Example Sentences
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His shoe trees were casts that had been made from his feet, and he described himself as distingue.
From Time Magazine Archive
A bushy white beard he had, and silken hair on his head, tres distingue.
From Time Magazine Archive
She spoke French so perfectly that there might be some truth in this report, and it was agreed that her manners were fine, and her air distingue.
From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace
It is a splendour that was seen by Alfred de Vigny: Je roule avec dédain, sans voir et sans entendre, A côté des fourmis les populations; Je ne distingue pas leur terrier de leur cendre.
From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala by Baerlein, Henry
"C'est distingue," says Madame La Mode, 'Tis a fabric of subtle distinction.
From Something Else Again by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)
