accent
noun
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
had accented
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past perfectof accent.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Never should it be said that Antonia Dennant had accented him and thrown him over.
From The Island Pharisees by John Galsworthy
Strong, clear-sighted, earnest, and gifted, her later experience had accented a slightly ascetic quality which had been deepened also by her study of antique models.
From The Women of the French Salons by Amelia Ruth Gere Mason
The slightly constrained laugh which went round the table after Miss Minty's speech was due quite as much to the faint flush that had accented Mainwaring's own smile as to the embarrassing remark itself.
From A Phyllis of the Sierras by Bret Harte
He had not meant to say anything of the kind, but the bad news and the inferred appeal had accented the irritation of the day.
From The Wayfarers by Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting
A curious laugh issued from the pale lips, and it seemed to Gontram as if she had accented the words "my father" in a peculiar way.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II by Jules Lermina
