Sample sentences for DEMARCATION

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the setting of a boundary or conceptual separation; or the resultant boundary — especially of land

line of demarcation between North and South Korea

The conclusion which I am warranted in drawing from these observations is, that a mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments, is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which lead to a tyrannical concentration of all the powers of government in the same hands.
James Madison -- Federalist Papers
For those were times when there was no rigid demarcation of rank between the farmer and the respectable artisan,
George Eliot -- Adam Bede
The desk had become a point of division and demarcation.
Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
In the chaos of defeat, the demarcations between Germany and Austria had not faded, and each jealously guarded what remained to it.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
"I'll tell you what the problem is, mate," said Majikthise, "demarcation, that's the problem!"
Douglas Adams -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The canyon widened; there was a clear demarcation where the red walls gave place to yellow; the brook showed no outlet from its subterranean channel.
Zane Grey -- The Heritage of the Desert
The strict demarcation between the whites and Mexicans in some areas appeared to be breaking down.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
The Devils Thumb demarcates the Alaska-British Columbia border east of Petersburg, a fishing village accessible only by boat or plane.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
Kerenyi Lajos is with the other Hungarians beyond the demarcation line.
Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
"It would be curious to try to formulate the line of demarcation," said Dr. Ferris, in the tone of an idle academic remark.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
The wall itself extended in both directions, curving around the hill below the villas' balconies, at once demarcation and protection.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
Along the lower line of cheek and jaw was a clear demarcation, where the brown of tanned skin met the white that had been hidden from the sun.
Zane Grey -- Riders of the Purple Sage
Fundidora, was quick to remind complacent or forgetful employees of the fragile demarcation between life and death.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
The others refuse the 'presentation,' refuse the seductive safe harbor; the line of demarcation between...them and us.
Toni Morrison -- Sula
She was waiting on the porch—a patient, beaten creature without sex demarcation at all save the neat screw of graying hair and the skirt—when the buggy drove up.
William Faulkner -- Light in August
The line of demarcation was so marked between information willingly supplied and politely declined that the latter ceased to stir resentment, except fitfully from Mallinson.
James Hilton -- Lost Horizon
Demarcating the Nepal-Tibet border, towering more than 12,000 feet above the valleys at its base, Everest looms as a three-sided pyramid of gleaming ice and dark, striated rock.
Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
And again, as she soon discovered, the line of demarcation and stratification between the rich and the poor in Lycurgus was as sharp as though cut by a knife or divided by a high wall.
Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
Off to the side, Corinthian pillars flattened into the wall demarcated three "chapels" which were nothing more than recesses, each with a rail for private prayer and a place to light candles.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone

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