Example Sentences

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In appearances she has accented her ties to Pennsylvania, where her father was born and where she spent childhood vacations with her grandparents.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2016

Mondadori has accented the lovely assortment of contemporary pieces with handpicked antiquities, from Moroccan blue-and-white ceramics to a 19th-century chinoiserie tea set.

From Architectural Digest • Apr. 8, 2015

Under retiring President Victor L. Butterfield, Wesleyan's "College Plan" has accented independent study for undergraduates.

From Time Magazine Archive

The heads have an expression that will remain engraven in the mind forever, for the painter has accented them so deeply, and brought into contrast both physical and moral features.

From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Singleton, Esther

Regardless, therefore, of Spanish pronunciation, the translator has accented Gran�da, Ev�ra, etc. in the manner which seemed to him to give most dignity to English versification.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de