How to Use distinguish in a Sentence

distinguish

verb

• The singer's voice is what distinguishes the band.
• The only thing that distinguishes the dogs is their bark.
• You can't distinguish the detail from this distance.
• I have trouble distinguishing between the two of them.
• You should be able to distinguish fact from fantasy.
• I have trouble distinguishing the difference between the two of them.
• You're old enough to distinguish between fact and fantasy.
• The key to distinguishing the two can be found in the small print.
  — Marnie Old, Philly.com, 2 July 2018
• The gender of the mummies can be distinguished by the shape of their hands.
  — NBC News, 19 Oct. 2019
• The days passed without much to distinguish one from the next.
  — Tove Ditlevsen, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
• The zoo has used a dye to distinguish them for the last 30 years, Shearer said.
  — Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• Part of the goal of the rebrand was to distinguish the beers from each other.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 25 Jan. 2021
• The large size has the iconic slide rule that has distinguished the brand since 1953.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2023
• Look for signs to distinguish one group from the other.
  — Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2023
• So the drones could be programmed to distinguish a dog poo from, say, a rock?
  — Jeremy White, Wired, 31 May 2021
• The black smaller eye would not be able to distinguish shapes because of the sun’s light.
  — Swapna Krishna, Smithsonian, 13 Feb. 2017
• Most of these young people are savvy enough to read between the lines and distinguish the truth from the fluff.
  — Meimei Fox, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
• Was that your team trying to find ways to distinguish you?
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2022
• The new Amels 200 is the fourth hull in the series and is once again distinguished by a few custom touches.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2023
• Of course, Tom Brady is hot, too, with a few distinguishing marks of his own.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2018
• Apple is doing more to distinguish the iPhone 14 Pro from the iPhone 14 phones.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 25 Apr. 2022
• Apart from more power, the RS gets some styling changes to help distinguish it from the lesser trims.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2022
• Howell is quick to distinguish a putting course from a putting green.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Nov. 2021
• This prompted me to grow up very fast and to distinguish myself.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022
• Rousseau distinguished two forms of self-love, amour de soi and amour-propre.
  — Anthony Gottlieb, New York Times, 21 June 2018
• The amount of exercise did not distinguish those who lost more from those who lost less.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2017
• Is a different meaning of the art enough to distinguish the two?
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2022
• And a study found that people could not distinguish the real comments from the fake ones.
  — Will Knight, Wired, 15 Jan. 2021
• Many of the sharks in this area are juveniles and fail to distinguish between humans and their prey, which includes fish, stingrays and other sharks, according to the statement.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
• But defining and distinguishing between what is and isn’t important does.
  — Pia Lauritzen, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 14 Mar 2025