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Franklin Murphy noted that past generations had accented learning and achievement but ignored feeling, while the philosophy of '68 seems to be based on "sentio ergo sum�I feel, therefore I am."

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Cutting, Mary Stewart Doubleday

Never should it be said that Antonia Dennant had accented him and thrown him over.

From The Island Pharisees by Galsworthy, John

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 Harte, Bret

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 Mason, Amelia Ruth Gere