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The act of giving special importance or significance to something.
emphasizing
accentuation
1
The
accenting
of the Japanese names is not consistent throughout the book.
2
This coloring is a means of strongly
accenting
this fine architectural feature.
3
Here and there, burning candles added their own luminescence,
accenting
the objects nearby.
4
Uncle Enoch would growl,
accenting
his words by jerking the lines.
5
His designs, mainly in blacks, greens and grays with
accenting
colors, are architectural.
6
She should wear soft, loose things where no
accenting
high-lights could find a foothold.
7
She nodded, triumph
accenting
the strained look on her face.
8
Silver moonlight dappled his face,
accenting
his wry expression.
9
Both carriages were done all in white with hand-painted maroon pin-stripping
accenting
the carriage's design.
10
And it was expertly tailored to her,
accenting
a body that had seen regular gym time.
11
Fifty thousand jewels are used on the Tower alone,
accenting
in the main its architectural feature.
12
As a further illustration, read the following stanza of poetry, especially
accenting
the syllables as marked:
13
And everywhere were cornfields,
accenting
with squares of deeper green, this limitless expanse of grassy land.
14
People hurried by muffled in overcoats and furs, their straw hats incongruously
accenting
the almost wintry gloom.
15
He believed that things could be kept together by
accenting
the similarities, not the differences of men.
16
She looked really pretty in a mocha shift dress with a loose bow
accenting
the V neckline.
accenting
accent
govern the accenting
mischievous accenting