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accentuate
verb as in focus attention on
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Example Sentences
After Edward elects to undergo an experimental medical treatment, he begins to transform — his old face literally crumbles off — and the theme accentuates his melancholy and metamorphosis with dark beauty and sludgy textures.
She was a few years younger than Queen Victoria, and looked rather like her, in dress and bearing, and took to accentuating the resemblance.
She’s a natural beauty, with her long, sandy blond hair partially tied back accentuating her soulful hazel eyes and infectious smile.
It's only right that "Beetlejuice" accentuates the fleetingness of teenage intensity through a tragic opera.
The challenges Biden faced, which were accentuated by the debate performance, threatened to interrupt that streak.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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