The band failed to distinguish itself from the many others of the era, and eventually broke up.
"You'll have to pardon me if I fail to distinguish the difference."
"Just as we sometimes fail to distinguish one human from another," he muttered.
Reagan himself was accused throughout his career of failing to distinguish between fact and fiction.
This fails to distinguish between a right to pursue work and a duty to do so.
She fails to distinguish between the role of a corporation and a municipality.
While religion certainly played a role in both, many people fail to distinguish between personal faith and religious institutions.
This means that lawyers should never fail to distinguish between right and wrong.
Other analysts may fail to distinguish between these different threats.
Wall Street analysts say he failed to distinguish himself in either position.