"distinguished" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Regardless of religion, this prefix was derived from the honorary title which a distinguished ancestor earned by making a pilgrimage to either Christian or Islamic holy places.
- It was a major characteristic of Hawaii that everyone claimed distinguished ancestors.
- Both parents were descended from early English settlers, but without distinguished ancestors.
- A Cheyenne woman has a higher status if she is part of an extended family with distinguished ancestors.
- But the mundane detailing of the Montana exterior and of its apartment interiors could not be further from its distinguished architectural ancestors.
- "Yet have you pressingly laid the facts before the spirits of your distinguished ancestors with a request for their direct intervention?"
- "To my distinguished ancestor, the founder of the Brotherhood, I dedicate my fondest dream."
- By Caesar's day, to be patrician was simply to have more distinguished ancestors.
- It has been his difficult privilege to restrain your spirit from joining those of your distinguished ancestors.
- It had a distinguished ancestor in the series of monochromatic paintings he made in 1879.
Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.