accentuate
verb (used with object)
to give emphasis or prominence to.
had accentuated
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past perfectof accentuate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Verstappen said that the hot weather and rough track surface had accentuated Red Bull's problems.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025
In a photo of it, Ms. Stern, a makeup artist in the Los Angeles area, had accentuated her green iris with a dab of silver shimmery eye shadow and rhinestones near her tear duct.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2022
In 2010, Christopher Hitchens wrote that he believed the aftermath of 9/11 had "accentuated a crackpot strain" in Mr. Vidal "that gradually asserted itself as dominant."
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2012
Four seasons under John Harbaugh, four playoff berths for Baltimore had accentuated its standing as one of the A.F.C.’s elite teams.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2012
They were, for the most part, gentlewomen born, and the self-sacrifice of their daily lives had accentuated their native refinement.
From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Mary Helen Fee
