distinguée
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of distinguée
< French, feminine of distingué distingué ( def. )
Example Sentences
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With a black domino covering her impossible face, and a simple evening dress, she looked as distinguée as my best girl would have done.
From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Zangwill, Israel
He is no such fool as not to appreciate a nature distinguée when it comes in his way.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by James, Henry
A secretary of legation,—the second secretary, he told himself,—was bound, if he married at all, to have a pretty and distinguée wife.
From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Trollope, Anthony
En attendant je saisis avec bien du plaisir cette occasion pour vous renouveler, Monsieur, les assurances de ma considération très distinguée.
From Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Mitchell, Maria
Le soussigné, chargé d'affaires des Etats Unis de l'Amérique, saisit avec empressement cette occasion d'offrir à votre Majesté l'expression de sa considération la plus haute et la plus distinguée.
From Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Mitchell, Maria
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