All 48 Uses of
distinct
in
War and Peace
- Dolokhov was holding the Englishman's hand and clearly and distinctly repeating the terms of the bet, addressing himself particularly to Anatole and Pierre.†
Chpt 1
- The middle of the upper lip formed a sharp wedge and closed firmly on the firm lower one, and something like two distinct smiles played continually round the two corners of the mouth; this, together with the resolute, insolent intelligence of his eyes, produced an effect which made it impossible not to notice his face.†
Chpt 1
- When Boris appeared at his door Pierre was pacing up and down his room, stopping occasionally at a corner to make menacing gestures at the wall, as if running a sword through an invisible foe, and glaring savagely over his spectacles, and then again resuming his walk, muttering indistinct words, shrugging his shoulders and gesticulating.†
Chpt 1
- But Boris spoke distinctly, clearly, and dryly, looking straight into Pierre's eyes.†
Chpt 1
- Around him everyone began to stir: steps were audible and whispers, among which Anna Mikhaylovna's was the most distinct.†
Chpt 1
- The twitching increased, the handsome mouth was drawn to one side (only now did Pierre realize how near death his father was), and from that distorted mouth issued an indistinct, hoarse sound.†
Chpt 1
- "A trifle," said the colonel in his bass voice: "two hussars wounded, and one knocked out," he added, unable to restrain a happy smile, and pronouncing the phrase "knocked out" with ringing distinctness.†
Chpt 2
- He had an intellectual and distinctive head, but the instant he turned to Prince Andrew the firm, intelligent expression on his face changed in a way evidently deliberate and habitual to him.†
Chpt 2
- All the time he had been beside the gun, he had heard the voices of the officers distinctly, but as often happens had not understood a word of what they were saying.†
Chpt 2
- A small but distinctly visible enemy column was moving down the hill, probably to strengthen the front line.†
Chpt 2
- He distinctly saw an old French officer who, with gaitered legs and turned-out toes, climbed the hill with difficulty.†
Chpt 2
- Before him, on the right, Rostov saw the front lines of his hussars and still farther ahead a dark line which he could not see distinctly but took to be the enemy.†
Chpt 2
- Amid the general rumble, the groans and voices of the wounded were more distinctly heard than any other sound in the darkness of the night.†
Chpt 2
- "You thought!" shouted the prince, his words coming more and more rapidly and indistinctly.†
Chpt 3 *
- And Prince Dolgorukov rapidly but indistinctly explained Weyrother's plan of a flanking movement.†
Chpt 3
- He interrupted him, talked rapidly and indistinctly, without looking at the man he was addressing, and did not reply to questions put to him.†
Chpt 3
- L'Empereur!" he now heard distinctly.†
Chpt 3
- Having descended the hill at a trot, he no longer saw either our own or the enemy's fires, but heard the shouting of the French more loudly and distinctly.†
Chpt 3
- "That is just why I do not begin, sire," said Kutuzov in a resounding voice, apparently to preclude the possibility of not being heard, and again something in his face twitched—"That is just why I do not begin, sire, because we are not on parade and not on the Empress' Field," said clearly and distinctly.†
Chpt 3
- Down below, on the left, the firing became more distinct.†
Chpt 3
- He could distinctly see the distraught yet angry expression on the faces of these two men, who evidently did not realize what they were doing.†
Chpt 3
- Rostov heard the thud of their hoofs and the jingle of their weapons and saw their horses, their figures, and even their faces, more and more distinctly.†
Chpt 3
- "You shan't have it!" he said distinctly.†
Chpt 4
- Besides this refined selection of society Anna Pavlovna's receptions were also distinguished by the fact that she always presented some new and interesting person to the visitors and that nowhere else was the state of the political thermometer of legitimate Petersburg court society so dearly and distinctly indicated.†
Chpt 5
- Prince Andrew expressed his ideas so clearly and distinctly that it was evident he had reflected on this subject more than once, and he spoke readily and rapidly like a man who has not talked for a long time.†
Chpt 5
- The canteenkeeper gave one credit, one's pay came every four months, there was nothing to think out or decide, you had only to do nothing that was considered bad in the Pavlograd regiment and, when given an order, to do what was clearly, distinctly, and definitely ordered—and all would be well.†
Chpt 5
- A worried aide-de-camp ran up to the Rostovs requesting them to stand farther back, though as it was they were already close to the wall, and from the gallery resounded the distinct, precise, enticingly rhythmical strains of a waltz.†
Chpt 6
- Someone—it sounded like Speranski—was distinctly ejaculating ha-ha-ha.†
Chpt 6
- Simon did not finish, for on the still air he had distinctly caught the music of the hunt with only two or three hounds giving tongue.†
Chpt 7
- "The island of Madagascar," she said, "Ma-da-gas-car," she repeated, articulating each syllable distinctly, and, not replying to Madame Schoss who asked her what she was saying, she went out of the room.†
Chpt 7
- She sat a long time looking at the receding line of candles reflected in the glasses and expecting (from tales she had heard) to see a coffin, or him, Prince Andrew, in that last dim, indistinctly outlined square.†
Chpt 7
- In moments of pride, when he thought of his position it seemed to him that he was quite different and distinct from those other retired gentlemen-in-waiting he had formerly despised: they were empty, stupid, contented fellows, satisfied with their position, "while I am still discontented and want to do something for mankind.†
Chpt 8
- She loved Prince Andrew—she remembered distinctly how deeply she loved him.†
Chpt 8
- Evidently accustomed to managing debates and to maintaining an argument, he began in low but distinct tones: "I imagine, sir," said he, mumbling with his toothless mouth, "that we have been summoned here not to discuss whether it's best for the empire at the present moment to adopt conscription or to call out the militia.†
Chpt 9
- There was a rustling among the crowd and it again subsided, so that Pierre distinctly heard the pleasantly human voice of the Emperor saying with emotion: "I never doubted the devotion of the Russian nobles, but today it has surpassed my expectations.†
Chpt 9
- The flames now died down and were lost in the black smoke, now suddenly flared up again brightly, lighting up with strange distinctness the faces of the people crowding at the crossroads.†
Chpt 10
- "Yes," he said, softly and distinctly.†
Chpt 10
- Poniatowski's action against Utitsa, and Uvarov's on the right flank against the French, were actions distinct from the main course of the battle.†
Chpt 10
- The roar of guns sounded more distinct outside.†
Chpt 10
- Prince Andrew could not make out distinctly what was in that tent.†
Chpt 10
- Scarcely had Pierre laid his head on the pillow before he felt himself falling asleep, but suddenly, almost with the distinctness of reality, he heard the boom, boom, boom of firing, the thud of projectiles, groans and cries, and smelled blood and powder, and a feeling of horror and dread of death seized him.†
Chpt 11
- Pierre did not understand what his benefactor was saying, but he knew (the categories of thoughts were also quite distinct in his dream) that he was talking of goodness and the possibility of being what they were.†
Chpt 11
- Through the open window the moans of the adjutant could be heard more distinctly.†
Chpt 11
- When she saw an indistinct shape in the corner, and mistook his knees raised under the quilt for his shoulders, she imagined a horrible body there, and stood still in terror.†
Chpt 11
- In the stillness around him his slowly uttered words were distinctly heard.†
Chpt 15
- As in every large household, there were at Bald Hills several perfectly distinct worlds which merged into one harmonious whole, though each retained its own peculiarities and made concessions to the others.†
Chpt 15
- He told her of external social events and of the people who had formed the circle of her contemporaries and had once been a real, living, and distinct group, but who were now for the most part scattered about the world and like herself were garnering the last ears of the harvests they had sown in earlier years.†
Chpt 15
- …of the movement of all humanity, just as a similar belief is natural and agreeable to traders, agriculturists, and soldiers (if they do not express it, that is merely because traders and soldiers do not write history), and (2) that spiritual activity, enlightenment, civilization, culture, ideas, are all indistinct, indefinite conceptions under whose banner it is very easy to use words having a still less definite meaning, and which can therefore be readily introduced into any theory.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(distinct) clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate