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Six example sentences with accolade, each labelled with its topic.
The engraved cup on her piano is the only accolade she kept, and the rest went into a box upstairs.
Music
A ring is the accolade every player names first, and none of them mention the trophies collected along the way.
Basketball
The medal arrived forty years after the work, an accolade the committee had quietly overlooked for two generations.
Science
The gold statuette is the accolade every actor names first, and it sits on more mantelpieces than any other trophy.
Movies
The medieval accolade was a tap of the sword on the shoulder, the visible sign that a squire had become a knight.
History
The bronze plaque by the door is the accolade the chef values most, awarded by the guide after three inspections.
Cooking
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