How to Use delineation in a Sentence

delineation

noun

• The universe of wine has a tidy delineation—the Old World and the New.
  — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2021
• By now, there has become a clear delineation of the elite of the East.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2021
• The end of Breaking Bad was very much a bright line, a clear delineation.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2022
• But there is no agreement on the number and delineation of the sub-races, or even of the major races.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2010
• Yehoshua on the other hand, sees the world through a military lens where there is a clear delineation of right and wrong.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 10 July 2017
• Those wetland delineations and work the feds would cover would be shifting to the state.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
• Then there’s the delineation for George to a certain degree.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 12 Oct. 2021
• There is a clear delineation between the top four, which are among the national elite, and the rest of the conference.
  — Tim Booth, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2017
• So that may very well serve as a line of delineation in this discussion.
  — oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2021
• Or the delineation of how money raised from poll taxes must be spent.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 17 Mar. 2022
• Trump wants to make a very clear delineation between him and his campaign.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 11 May 2017
• How clear is the delineation between you and the fictional version of you on screen?
  — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 2 June 2023
• Zitt was even less precious about a delineation between the two.
  — J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2023
• Khalid dismissed the delineation of his father as mere spin.
  — Fox News, 15 Aug. 2020
• This delineation overturned the yellow card for a straight red, sending the centerback off the field with a full half left to play.
  — Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, 4 July 2019
• The name should also help dealers and customers with some delineation in the showroom.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2023
• As a pure, rear-drive sports car, the 4C marked a clear delineation from Alfa Romeo’s nearly 40 years wandering in the desert of front-wheel drive.
  — Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 11 July 2024
• First, there’s a clear delineation between the top seven and bottom four.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
• My Charley did not opt for a flame-out on live television, or even a private delineation of my failings as a friend.
  — Laura Lippman, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2019
• That wasn’t a clear enough delineation between his private and public life, the watchdog found.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 13 June 2019
• There’s a big delineation between the upstairs and downstairs cast.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
• There’s a clear delineation between what has come before, and what is coming up.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• These people knocked the barriers down and helped with delineation and absorbed the learning costs.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2021
• Without the delineation of years, time would become an expanse of open water.
  — Kathleen Rooney, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2021
• There should be a clear delineation and definition of roles.
  — Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2021
• Each yearly delineation on the sequoia’s surface is a small part of a far grander story that ties together all of life on Earth.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian, 10 June 2019
• There’s a pretty clear delineation between the lot who’ve just joined CRDT a few short weeks ago, and those who’ve been a more embedded part of the three-year process bringing this work to life.
  — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 28 Sep. 2019
• But for the most part, the delineation is remarkably consistent.
  — Aradhna Krishna, The Conversation, 6 July 2020
• But all the other details of the finished piece including the precise delineation of the figure, the lighting and the sublime color scheme are the work of Varley.
  — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 21 June 2022
• Project 2025, then, isn’t an outline of how Trump would run the federal government but, instead, a delineation of the views of the sorts of people that would be in charge of running it.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024