inflect

Lennox, a Belfast native who previously worked on the Troubles-themed coming of age comedy “Derry Girls,” played an essential role in setting its tone which, though grim, is also inflected with dark humor.

I think those things are part of it, but they are inflected naturally.

But there’s no denying that his former alter ego Ben Covington inflects his current roles, especially on “Grey’s Anatomy.”

Families live in stone cottages and customs are dictated by severe Roman Catholic doctrines inflected by pagan superstitiousness.

At the restaurant, waiters announce the arrival of a dish in the inflected style of traditional Peking Opera, declaring, “Delicious fish is coming!”