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Example Sentences
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Hudson encourages the audience to use Claire’s stubborn buoyancy and perky accent as a life raft when Lightning & Thunder are deluged by extremely bad luck.
From Los Angeles Times
Later, John and Paul attempt diabolical accents while relating the story of Count Balder and Felpin Mansions, “the eccentric son of Baron Landsberg, the inventor of the rack,” including a variety of sound effects.
From Salon
His heavily accented English is heard early in the film as one of many Bedford Falls residents praying for Bailey.
From Los Angeles Times
"It's all destroyed," says a man with a Colombian accent.
From Barron's
But it was always far-fetched that the two people could be one and the same, and that Chalamet could have pulled off rapping with EsDeeKid's Liverpudlian accent.
From BBC
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