accentuation

Example Sentences

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Rather, given that this story provides Iwegbuna's point of view, the accentuation is on his difficulty in grasping the American centrality of individuality as opposed to community.

From Salon

In reality, every dictator in history was nothing but the accentuation of already existing state ideas which he had only to exaggerate in order to gain power.

From Salon

He noted “a clear accentuation of the conflict due to the dynamics of climate change.”

From Washington Times

Washington’s subtle verbal performance includes one conspicuous flourish, an accentuation of the “H” in “white”— “I love hwite America,” he pledges—which is apparently enough to enchant the awful fraternity.

From The New Yorker

Intonation, the proper accentuation of some words over others in a sentence, all of these are crucial elements of Cash’s eventual success.

From Salon