Sample Sentences foraccentuate (editor-reviewed)
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It's a difficult situation, but she accentuates the positive and does not get overwhelmed.accentuates = emphasizes
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The black belt with the white dress accentuated her slim waist.accentuated = emphasizes or draw attention to
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Damage from tsunamis is accentuated in the town because of the shape of the bay.accentuated = emphasized (increased)
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The dark frame helped accentuate the bright colors in the painting.accentuate = emphasize
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She shot the film in black-and-white to accentuate the use of shadows.
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Rule Number One: a pretty, petite girl should accentuate with makeup and good posture. (source)accentuate = draw attention
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She was wearing one of those scrappy tank tops that accentuated her tan, and all I could think was that she was the sexiest woman I'd ever seen. (source)accentuated = emphasized or drew attention to
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His gray hair was close-cropped, his beard cut square to accentuate his hardened weathered face.† (source)
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With her little lacquer brush, while the phone was ringing, she went over the nail of her little finger, accentuating the line of the moon. (source)accentuating = emphasizing
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The short hair accentuated his features, specifically his too-close-together beady eyes, which did not stand up well to accentuation.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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Rouge accentuates the natural paleness of her complexion.† (source)
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She wore a blue gingham dress, rimmed at throat and shoulders with a white edging that accentuated her tan. (source)accentuated = emphasized or drew attention to
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If the Augurs made my armor to accentuate my body's power, they made Hel's to accentuate her beauty.† (source)
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Nox's dark brows rose, accentuating his gray eyes.† (source)
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Or, steeped catlike in the wickedness of darkness, adrift in the brooding promise of the neighborhood, they would cluster silently under a Jew's home, grouped in a sniggering huddle as they listened to the rich excited voices, the throaty accentuation of the women; or convulsed at the hysterical quarrels which shook the Jew-walls almost nightly.† (source)
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The face of the male Thenardier presented that expressive fold which accentuates the human countenance whenever the dominant instinct appears there in all its bestial force.† (source)
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