Example Sentences

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The way a person speaks, dresses, and acts is constitutionally defined as “speech,” and the government cannot broadly and discriminately ban certain expressions.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2023

If consumption is virtuous, only those with the economic means to consume discriminately can have virtue.

From Slate • May 3, 2013

There are titles to treasure and those to avoid among the 27 features and 11 shorts, many of which have been cherry-picked and rather less discriminately culled from other festivals, including Cannes and Berlin.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2010

The real loss lies in what America has yet to find: a way to use power discriminately and effectively.

From Time Magazine Archive

But as we come out of the forest and advance in civilization we use barbaric colorings more discriminately.

From Color Value by Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins)