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 had developed a rare and fascinating beauty, and had acquired an air so distingue that even her aunt, Miss St. Clair, was completely satisfied.
From The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa by Connor, Ralph
C'est vous seule qui pourriez donner à votre belle litérature un ouvrage cosmologique original, un ouvrage écrit avec cette lucidité et ce goût que distingue tout ce qui est émané de votre plume.
From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary
Marian could endure the air distingue, but could hardly swallow the fashionable young man, an expression which only conveyed to her mind the idea of Elliot Lyddell and his moustached friends.
From The Two Guardians or, Home in This World by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
