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accentuate - use in sentences
Object
- curve: Shades, texture and dapple are worked gently into the rocking horse body to accentuate the natural curves and muscles.
- rhythm: Perhaps Hardin wished to accentuate the rhythms over the lyrical and melodic content.
- difference: It is not meant to accentuate differences among the three states.
- feeling: Clothing Try wearing some loose fitting pants to accentuate the feeling of drag on your legs.
- shape: It seems to accentuate the flat oblong shape of the top of the man's head.
Used with why or when
- what: Don't dwell on the negative things in your life but accentuate what 's good about it!
Modifying Another Word
- really: The slight reverb and the occasionally whammy on the chord really accentuate what is a very simple and effective melody.
Preposition: by
- fact: Our Lady's presence is accentuated by the fact that it is Suffolk's biggest Catholic church.
- way: The sense of space is accentuated by the way that the chancel has been cleared of clutter - how good that looks!
- lack: From here, the sheer scale of the Perpendicular windows is accentuated by the lack of a clerestory.
Modifying Another Word
- merely: The privatization policies had merely accentuated the power of the market principle over the principle of redistribution.
- strongly: This is strongly accentuated by the palpable differences between the US and NVA forces.
- rather: Today globalization and deregulation have accentuated rather than alleviated this.
- often: To a nearby third party, who has no choice in the matter, this staccato and often accentuated dialog can drive you mad!
- only: December's parliamentary elections only accentuated this process, much to the anger of Bush's regime.
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