make distinction
Example Sentences
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I can write very like my lady, your niece; on forgotten matter we can hardly make distinction of our hands.
From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by Shakespeare, William
It is worthy of remark here that even young Hindoo girls, in the exercise of their immature discretion, make distinction between the gods in the choice of their husbands.
From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder
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.
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)
