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  • He looked at her; never had she seemed so alluring, so representative of what he called distinction.

    The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel David Graham Phillips 1889

  • I had the same problem as I have with my jurors about not understanding certain distinction.

    Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2004

  • But without going into details, he was a charming fellow -- clever, urbane, free-handed, and with that fortunate quality in his appearance which is known as distinction.

    Confidence 1879

  • The society, which she drew round her, was less elegant and more vicious, than that of the Countess Lacleur: but, as she had address enough to throw a veil, though but a slight one, over the worst part of her character, she was still visited by many persons of what is called distinction.

    The Mysteries of Udolpho Ann Ward Radcliffe 1793

  • One honor I'm sure the Bobby Jones / Pelz wedges has which no other wedge does, is the "three name distinction."

    Hooked On Golf Blog 2008

  • a slight one, over the worst part of her character, she was still visited by many persons of what is called distinction.

    The Mysteries of Udolpho 2004

  • Bonfils is really in a league of his own, and deserves this kind of distinction.

    Archive 2009-03-15 2009

  • They're trying to establish some kind of distinction.

    Rebels Without a Cause 2005

  • They're trying to establish some kind of distinction.

    Rebels Without a Cause 2005

  • They're trying to establish some kind of distinction.

    Rebels Without a Cause 2005

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