How to Use discernible in a Sentence
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Books with no discernible plot.
—Amy Silverberg, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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On the bright side, though, there’s no discernible light bloom.
—PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2025
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One large stone had a few cut marks but no discernible letters.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
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Some had translucent skin and no discernible bones.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
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But his own career is less discernible.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
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There is no discernible pattern.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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In this case, the far wall is discernible, if only barely.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
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My waistline had filled out to meet my bustline, but not with a discernible bump.
—Emily Holt, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
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And sometimes greatness comes and goes for no discernible reason at all.
—Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2022
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There are no discernible dangers to your business on the horizon.
—Craig Sturgill, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
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Still, a small ray of hope may just be discernible in the story of the Yokoboris.
—Will Ripley, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
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By the following year, Davis had a discernible style.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
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Only in a few of the paintings is the mark clearly discernible as the crooked branch of a tree.
—Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
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The two sets of dots formed two distinct, easily discernible waves.
—Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
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As the years passed, there was no discernible rise in cancer deaths in the area around Fukushima.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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The reason the beat is so discernible is because of the sample at its center.
—Ashwin Rodrigues, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2024
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This keeps them discernible at a glance and in full view rather than hidden behind other apps or down in the dock.
—WIRED, 25 Oct. 2022
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One was wearing a white puffer jacket and dancing in front of me for no discernible reason.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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No actual spit is discernible in the video, and no motive was ascribed.
—Carina Chocano, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
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But those three men — now in their 60s — have shown no discernible signs of repeating that trick.
—Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
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Melodies remained discernible as far as Myeongdong.
—Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
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Based on the spread movement so far, there is no discernible difference between the two.
—Adam Burke, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2022
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The play may seem like two one-acts soldered together, but there is a discernible throughline.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
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There are enough discernible details on the jacket that it, too, might be identified.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026
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However, the loop isn’t discernible so you won’t be distracted by it.
—Rachael Hogg, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2023
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This keeps them discernible at a glance and in full view rather than hidden behind other windows or down in the dock.
—Wired, 28 July 2022
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Jurors were shown a single image of her body, barely discernible at the end of the hallway.
—Dylan Lovan, ajc, 4 Mar. 2022
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The study also found that the tool could have a discernible impact on the other emotions of the subjects.
—PC Magazine, 30 Nov. 2025
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That growth has had no discernible effect on the performance of the economy.
—Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 2 June 2023
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But there’s also a discernible strain of hope and timeliness amid the bleakness in some of the most recent hits.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 May 2026
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