In a sentence
Six example sentences with accentuate, each labelled with its topic.
A low side light will accentuate the grain of weathered timber that flat noon sun completely erases.
Photography
A pinch of salt in the caramel accentuates the burnt sugar rather than making the dessert taste salty.
Cooking
The curator hung the smallest canvases together to accentuate how much the painter's palette darkened after the move.
Art
The conductor asked the brass to accentuate the second beat, turning a plain march into something that finally swung.
Music
Narrow vertical windows accentuate the tower's height, making a twelve-story building read as far taller from the street.
Architecture
Film sessions accentuate the one missed rotation rather than the twenty good plays, because that is where games are lost.
Basketball
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- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
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- SparkNotes 1000 SAT WordsRecognized
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