Example Sentences

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For plantings, ribbons of grasses will accentuate a midcentury-modern better than a frizzy flower border.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2022

He got his weight back up to about 225 pounds and focused on strengthening his lower half, which he hopes will accentuate the mechanical tweaks he made to his swing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2021

An upgraded Apple TV that supports video games will accentuate Apple’s desire to become a bigger presence in the living room.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2015

Although the shadows in any one picture will accentuate the relief, it is by combining the whole imaging series that the full topography becomes apparent, especially when colour and specular effects are carefully controlled.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2014

The suffering that will follow the War, in the period of economic readjustment, will accentuate this.

From The Soul of Democracy The Philosophy of the World War in Relation to Human Liberty by Griggs, Edward Howard