Definition: 1. (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation. 2. Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person. 3. Set apart from other such things.
Use 'distinguished' in a sentence:
1. He came from a distinguished family background.
2. He was one of Australia's most distinguished artists, renowned for his portraits, landscapes, and nudes.
3. His suit was immaculately cut and he looked very distinguished.
4. He looked very distinguished.
5. It seems such a pity that a distinguished and honoured name should be commercialized in this way.
6. Is it quite good form to be distinguished at anything?
7. Nielsen always felt he should be doing comedy but his good looks and distinguished voice kept him busy in dramatic roles.
8. The king held a feast for his distinguished guests.
9. I am going to be playing host to a distinguished guest.
10. She was surely the most distinguished queen consort we have had.
11. It shows the bees can be distinguished easily.
12. He was the most distinguished diplomat in American history.
13. Frederick Douglass was unquestionably the most famous African American of the nineteenth century; indeed, when he died in 1895 he was among the most distinguished public figures in the United States.
14. Committed to the research work in the lab is a distinguished expert from China who has won great achievements in this field.
15. He was one of Newcastle's most distinguished medical men, a world authority on heart-diseases.
16. I would have you to know that I am a Toad, a very well-known, respected, distinguished Toad!
17. He repeatedly distinguished himself in the troops.
18. The medal bears the inscription "For distinguished service."
19. Daphna Joel, who led the study, said her research found that while there are some gender-based similarities, many different types of brain can't always be distinguished by gender.
20. According to this definition, one species is distinguished from another by the possibility of matings between individuals from each species to produce fertile offspring.
21. He was a loyal, distinguished and very competent civil servant.
22. He disclaimed the possession of any great quickness of apprehension or wit, such as distinguished Huxley.
23. Shubin distinguished himself by leading an expedition to the Arctic, which uncovered the remains of a fish with a wrist-a creature with part fin and limb.
24. What was it that distinguished her from her classmates?
25. The medal bears the inscription 'For distinguished service'.
26. He was the progenitor of a family of distinguished actors.
27. She has already distinguished herself as an athlete.
28. Over the next few years he distinguished himself as a leading constitutional scholar.
29. All objects are vetted by a distinguished panel of experts.
30. He had a very distinguished career in the Foreign Office.
31. He was the most distinguished scholar in his field.
32. I think grey hair makes you look very distinguished.
33. His mother, whose influence on his development was outstanding, came of a distinguished American family.
34. It was a plain, grey stone house, distinguished mainly by its largely unspoilt simplicity.
35. The male bird is distinguished from the female by its red beak.
36. A new study challenges that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.
37. His sudden decision to retire brought down the curtain on a distinguished career.
38. The curtain has fallen on her long and distinguished career.
39. All substances, all forms of matter, can be distinguished according to what wavelength of light they absorb and which ones they reflect.
40. Members of the city council and distinguished guests, it is my privilege to introduce to you today, Mr.Smith.
