accentuate
verb (used with object)
to give emphasis or prominence to.
was accentuating
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past progressiveof accentuate.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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Virtually every major manufacturer showing its wares at last week's 89th Toy Fair in Manhattan was accentuating the nauseating.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had not insight enough to divine that she was accentuating her vulgar acquirements to torture him.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill
I had half a mind to undeceive him, but he might have imagined I was accentuating my points.
From Love's Usuries by Louis Creswicke
