discriminate

In a sentence

Six example sentences with discriminate, each labelled with its topic.

• Only a discriminate listener catches the half-second lag between the two recordings of the same quartet.

  Music

• A discriminate palate can tell which of the four oils the dressing used, even after the vinegar hits.

  Cooking

• Her discriminate eye rejected nine nearly identical frames and kept the one where the shadow fell just right.

  Photography

• A discriminate collector passes over a dozen prints from the same plate and buys the one pulled while the ink was freshest.

  Art

• Only a discriminate reader notices where the translator smoothed the original's rough rhythm into tidy English.

  Literature

• A discriminate scout can tell a genuine passer from a guard who simply piles up assists on a fast-breaking team.

  Basketball

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More Academic words

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