accent
Example Sentences
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“He has a really good accent,” she noted with pride.
“Not only as an artist, but as a Puerto Rican who has walked stages around the world carrying his language, his accent and his history.”
From Los Angeles Times
He’s not as unapologetically hammy as Andrew Polec’s Pirelli, the tonsorial con man who adopts a fake mustache and an even faker Italian accent, but he lends the musical a satiric gaiety.
From Los Angeles Times
Kumu Whitman has a shock of bright red hair and speaks with an Australian accent.
From Literature
Interiors are moody yet playful: turquoise accents, burnt-orange walls, and curated furnishings and art.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
