discern - use in sentences

Object

  • truth: Instead He asks us to do our best, trusting our innate ability to discern the truth.
  • will: High Priests represented the gods on earth, one of their jobs being to discern the divine will.
  • difference: Why, then, do I discern a difference between them?
  • pattern: Talking dirty There is, of course, another way of trying to discern pattern.
  • trend: We discern two important trends across organizational contexts in relation to project purpose.
  • meaning: Ross leads us on a journey into the core of our psyches in order to discern the meanings inherent within the dreaming world.

Subject

  • eye: Paran lists are generated by computer programs or can be discerned approximately by eye from the maps.

Preposition: between

  • truth: Only there will you find the principles and truths to discern between truth and error.

Adjective complement

  • more: Depending on how perceptive she is, she might discern more about them.

Modifying Another Word

  • spiritually: WE DENY that the natural man is able to discern spiritually the biblical message apart from the Holy Spirit.
  • dimly: What you say it can & shall be I dimly discern in your Poems.
  • accurately: In a very few minutes it arrived near enough to be accurately discerned.
  • readily: With rich data, grounded theorists can more readily discern what participants mean and how they define their experiences.
  • easily: With increased intuition, you can easily discern new channels for creativity in your personal life or business.
  • clearly: We could now also clearly discern the outline of a typical deltoid Flying Triangle UFO.

Used with why or when

  • what: Better would be How do we discern what is the voice of the Spirit of Truth?
  • which: To discern which button had been pressed I was going to look at the value of the buttons to tell them apart.
  • who: Then, in front of the class, the class will ask them questions to discern who is the ' liar ' .
  • where: We are currently engaged in " reading the signs of the times " in order to discern where the Lord is calling us next.
  • when: Lord, please by Your spirit give me the ability to discern when I am facing a temptation.

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