How to Use distinction in a Sentence

distinction

noun

• He was raised in a small town of no great distinction.
• Her talents gave distinction to the work.
• There are no obvious distinctions between the two designs.
• There is right and wrong, and the distinction here is very clear.
  — Gil Mandelzis, Fortune, 4 May 2024
• For the past three decades, Ukraine has achieved a dismal distinction.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2023
• That distinction goes to the Falls Fire, burning near Burns.
  — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2024
• From the start, though, the film seems to miss those cultural distinctions.
  — Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
• And so there is no distinction between the outer-ness and the inner-ness.
  — Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
• The distinction lies in the fact that the mechanism still fires one shot for every pull of the trigger.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
• Minecraft already has the distinction of being the bestselling video game of all time.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2023
• March's full moon also has the distinction of being the Lenten Moon, which comes before the spring equinox on March 20.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2023
• Under the law, there can be no distinction between whites and Blacks.
  — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
• Finebaum, on the other hand, contends Kirby Smart’s team has done more than enough to earn the distinction as best in the land.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 11 Jan. 2023
• On the Whataburger menu, a less traditional form of the taquito holds a place of distinction.
  — Bryan Washington, New York Times, 7 June 2023
• In Las Vegas, the distinction could not have been clearer.
  — Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• First, the obvious distinction: The two dances come at different times of the year.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 24 May 2023
• To me, this distinction is at the crux of understanding true self-care.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 13 Nov. 2023
• This month, one more distinction will grace the arc of Holman’s career.
  — Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023
• The distinction between the main body and the shadow becomes blurry in the book, which broadened its scope of the story.
  — Mari Yamaguchi, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
• Like Kylie Jenner, Williams is drawing a distinction between the needle and the knife.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 31 July 2023
• The flip side is, the distinction between the performance of music and the creation of music is a very thin line.
  — Lily Moayeri, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023
• Instead, that distinction falls to Canyon del Oro, who will take on Saguaro on Tuesday.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2023
• Fernandez earned that distinction by a wide margin with 31% of the vote.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 22 Apr. 2024
• So on that note, here are our twenty-five picks for the distinction of Best Airbnb: Los Angeles.
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
• Step 1: Pay attention to the distinction between good and bad.
  — Barbara Kellerman, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
• She’s currently tied for that distinction with Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2024
• For many Thais — and the media here — the distinctions among various narcotics are lost.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
• The distinctions aren't always crystal clear, and there can be overlap.
  — PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
• The striking coupe also has the distinction of having once been briefly owned by Porsche itself.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 May 2023
• But there must be a clear distinction between Trump and the Trump administration, said Vaez.
  — Mostafa Salem, Nadeen Ebrahim and Mick Krever, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024