accent
Example Sentences
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The energetic song with a pronounced Greek accent recounts a son's thirst for glory and fortune so that he can give his mother everything they lacked during his childhood.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
“Why should my characters not have my accent? If they can’t take off my face, why would they take off my Mexican accent?” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
No one has yet found the source of the text of the recording, read in a British accent, and it could be AI, but it also might not be.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
You’re tuning your ear from a very early age to try and mimic that accent.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
I said, doing some stupid accent that made it sound like “Zee Spittaire!”
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
Vocabulary lists containing accent
Reading: Literature - Poetry - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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