accentuation

Example Sentences

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Today’s Cunningham dancers are still finding fresh accentuations in the material.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2011

Mr. Muti’s singalong, though not often pretty or intended to be, is always expressive, his accentuations infusing Italian style, while his bodily movements keep things going.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2011

And this exhilarating and bold display of full-throttle academic pure dance with modern accentuations does indeed appear to be a breakthrough on his part.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2011

It includes several different accentuations of drag and gender transcendence, and it solves the problem of misrepresentational national and ethnic dances in ballet by way of tongue-in-cheek overt caricature.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2010

This is a copy of a pleasant letter we have received from a distinguished Washington lady; we do not print the accentuations, because the Chicago patwor admits of none.

From Second Book of Tales by Field, Eugene