The scion of a distinguished line, he led troops in the Anastasian War, and served as consul in 506.

Sir Michael is descended from a distinguished line of ancestors.

Beck comes from a distinguished line of penniless artists.

It drew on a distinguished line of work by the individual partners from the nineteenth century.

I'm the current resident cat, the fourth in a distinguished line that began in August 1947 when the place opened.

He was the descendant of a distinguished line of Ottoman religious scholars and administrators.

"This one's thoughts and intention were not turned towards savagery and arms, but in the direction of a pacific union of two distinguished lines."

When Chen Baisha died in 1500, left behind a distinguished line of students, many of whom by then were holding high office.

Mr. Adams was hailed as the latest in a distinguished line of composers who were supposed to save or create American opera.

I realised I was in a long and I think distinguished line of writers who've had similar experiences.