Meanings of discern only in English

But by that ebbing light, he could discern only its blurred outline.

For a long while we could discern only a blue haze on the horizon.

By this time they could discern only Maurie's head bobbing in the distant water.

Hadst thou but one perfection and seventy faults, the lover could discern only that one perfection.

Well, in his writing he displays to us his vanity; whilst in his Painting we discern only his reverence.

With the shade drawn I could discern only vague shapes -a table, some chairs, a bed with rumpled covers against the wall.

At first I could discern only churches, but very soon I began to distinguish the streets, avenues, blocks, and houses of a city.

After such consideration as circumstances permitted, he could discern only one chance of escape, and though well-nigh hopeless, he resolved to adopt it.

But they probably discerned only the immediate object of Hamilcar's plans, viz.

The hidden facts are to be discerned only by subtle inference.

This aversion, discerned only by her mother's eyes, was a constant subject of admonition.

His deadened and depraved attention discerned only the disagreeable and ugly side of a work of art.

Man discerns only manifestations, or attributes, of objects, while the identity, or reality, of them remains hidden.

He did not condemn the earth; He taught that its true loveliness is to be discerned only by the spiritual eye.

"I discern only one drawback to the scheme," said Pitou; "we haven't any attic.

This peculiar nebulous envelope is not visible to the physical sight, and may be discerned only by means of the astral senses.