accent
noun
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
was accenting
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past progressiveof accent.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Soon Soyer was accenting the oddities of his features, while adding elements of costume that gave some of the pictures an air of caricature.
From Time Magazine Archive
Harley’s words were becoming disjointed and he was accenting the words at the beginning and swallowing the ending sounds until it didn’t sound like English any more.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
Too extremely modish it was, accenting its own lines at the expense of a face to which less attention should have been called.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
The point which the eldest Miss Morton was accenting was this, that he should have thought of Lila before he got his divorce.
From In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White
