Example Sentences

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The trick, Stern said, is discerning the difference between people who are organizing acts of violence and those who are expressing general political rage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2021

That has always been true, especially if one is discerning.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2021

Ryan is discerning about whom he lets in.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2018

More important, for an audience of potential voters, is discerning whether an auditioner has communicative competence: knows how to adapt style to setting, whether a lectern at Hofstra or the Oval Office.

From Time • Sep. 28, 2016

Brother, you reason well," replies The solemn mate, with half-shut eyes: "Right: Athens was the seat of learning, And truly wisdom is discerning.

From The Illustrated London Reading Book by Various