accentuation
Example Sentences
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As I scrolled through posts on WallStreetBets, I realized that the crowd gathered online was all about risk accentuation, not mitigation.
With the animation of her ponytail helping to complete the flashing dynamics of her often-prancing moves, Ms. Nadon gained even more flair when joined by Mr. Tomash—who matched her verve, accentuation for accentuation.
Other parameters come into play, such as prosody, which includes pauses, accentuation and intonation.
From Science Daily
“Now and then, the listener became dimly aware of articulation, accentuation, stress or color shadings, but these nuances were so inextricably tied up with the words that such distinctions could not make themselves felt.”
From Washington Post
The aim was realism in the inflatables’ corners and bevels but with distortion and accentuation in certain curves.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
