How to use "distinguish" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "distinguish" in popular movie and book plots

  • This can also be use to distinguish real Objects from fakes, since fakes will disappear.  - The Lost Room
  • They distinguish themselves by saving the King from an assassination attempt and are appointed his personal bodyguards.  - The King Maker
  • They distinguish themselves in combat by losing control of a tank and accidentally forcing a German platoon into the open.  - Pack Up Your Troubles (1932 film)
  • The police detain everyone, knowing that some of the hostages are members of the gang, but can't distinguish between the two.  - Inside Man
  • The Monoids also now have voice communicators and use numerical emblems to distinguish each other.  - The Ark (Doctor Who)
  • He is caught by the Camp Instructor (who does not distinguish between boys who drift into the camp and actual participants).  - The Way We Weren't
  • Joe's team express their anger at this and respond by taking their shirts off so that they are able to distinguish between players.  - My Name Is Joe
  • This diary entry is the first of many which he has lost the ability to distinguish a true sense of time.  - Diary of a Madman (short story)
  • Ensign Chekov tries to distinguish between Vulcan and Romulan life signatures so that Spock can be transported back to the Enterprise.  - The Enterprise Incident
  • Laloux changed this to distinguish father and son.  - Les Maîtres du temps
  • Unlike the UEPs, the Y-STRs mutate much more easily, which allows them to be used to distinguish recent genealogy.  - Haplotype
  • First, a grasshopper fails to distinguish between bees and wasps.  - Maya the Bee
  • As the Martians could not distinguish between all the fake Santas, they kidnapped two children to find the real one.  - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
  • There Theophane's other suitors could not distinguish the ram-god and his consort.  - Golden Fleece
  • These figures, called "spirits" to distinguish them from the ghosts, offer to assist them in the journey toward the mountains and the sunrise.  - The Great Divorce
  • As the animals look from pigs to humans, they realise they can no longer distinguish between the two.  - Animal Farm

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