Sample Sentences for
accentuate
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    She shot the film in black-and-white to accentuate her use of shadows.
    accentuate = emphasize
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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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    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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    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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    Nox's dark brows rose, accentuating his gray eyes.†  (source)
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    The sentence—the dread sentence of death—was the last of distinct accentuation which reached my ears.†  (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)
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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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    The high, thin heels are made for accentuating legs while sitting cross-legged.†  (source)
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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)
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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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