accentuation
Example Sentences
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Other parameters come into play, such as prosody, which includes pauses, accentuation and intonation.
From Science Daily
“Now and then, the listener became dimly aware of articulation, accentuation, stress or color shadings, but these nuances were so inextricably tied up with the words that such distinctions could not make themselves felt.”
From Washington Post
The aim was realism in the inflatables’ corners and bevels but with distortion and accentuation in certain curves.
From New York Times
Michigan State has gone to 7-0 and Michigan could follow against Northwestern next Saturday, meaning the two of them would make quite a Halloween accentuation in East Lansing on Oct.
From Washington Post
“Goma faces four types of risks: accentuation of earthquakes, a new volcanic eruption, explosion of gas pockets under the lake, and the toxicity of the ambient environment,” he said at a news conference on Wednesday.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
