DISCERNIBLE in a Sentence

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1. She is a very discerning art critic.
2. His black clothes were hardly discernible.
3. I could just discern a figure in the darkness.
4. The man couldn't discern between right and wrong.
5. The difference between the two is readily discernible.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISCERNIBLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
discernible
 a.  distinguishable; perceptible; capable of being seen or noticed
Classic Sentence: (103 in 7 pages)
1  Indeed, his spout is so small that it is not very readily discernible.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
2  The whales had irregularly settled bodily down into the blue, thus giving no distantly discernible token of the movement, though from his closer vicinity Ahab had observed it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
3  But strangest of all is the circumstance, that in more instances than one, when the body has been recovered, not a single mark of violence is discernible; the man being stark dead.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
4  He and his wife spoke English with an accent which was only discernible through its un-English emphasis and a certain carefulness and deliberation.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVIII
5  The light rendered every limb and joint discernible, and Duncan turned away in horror when he saw they were writhing in irrepressible agony.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
6  She is a quadroon, as may be seen from her fairer complexion, though her likeness to her mother is quite discernible.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
7  The same yawn was discernible in the buildings, for not a roof was there but had a gaping hole in it.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
8  In front, far off on the farther shore of that sea of mist, some wooded hills were discernible, and it was there the enemy probably was, for something could be descried.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XV
9  Pierre also looked at them, trying to guess which of the scarcely discernible figures was Napoleon.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXIII
10  Behind the hut the dark shapes of the two wagons with their horses beside them were discernible, and in the hollow the dying campfire gleamed red.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER X
11  A furious sword-cut had scarred his face, where nothing was discernible but blood.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT
12  It regulated its pace by that of the first; but in the voluntary slowness of its gait, suppleness and agility were discernible.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI...
13  His black clothes were hardly discernible.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—OLD PEOPLE ARE MADE TO GO OUT OPPORTUNELY
14  He was as eloquent as he had been valiant; a sword was discernible in his speech.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN
15  The house, which was discernible through the trees, remained in darkness, and gave no indication that so important an event as the signature of a marriage-contract was going on.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  Many things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause.
2  The difference between the two is readily discernible.
3  You need a long series of data to be able to discern such a trend.
4  Anger rusts intellect so that it cannot discern right from wrong.
5  The man couldn't discern between right and wrong.
6  Some people find it difficult to discern blue from green.
7  In the gloom I could only just discern the outline of a building.
8  It is often difficult to discern the truth of an event from a newspaper report.
9  I could just discern a figure in the darkness.
10  Officials were keen to discern how much public support there was.
11  It is often difficult to discern how widespread public support is.
12  It is difficult to discern any pattern in these figures.
13  I discern in the course of the morning that Thornfield Hall was a changed place.
14  She is a very discerning art critic.
15  He said the carrier is ready for the transition and views it as an opportunity to attract discerning subscribers.