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

She had known from the beginning of their acquaintance that he was an exceptional man; since his tragedy she had realized that the exceptional circumstances of his life had accentuated his individuality.

From In the Wilderness by Hichens, Robert Smythe