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emphasise

to stress something or give it special importance

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Six example sentences with emphasise, each labelled with its topic.

  • The mayor paused to emphasise the flood timeline, repeating the two dates that mattered until every reporter wrote them down.

    Politics

  • Discharge nurses emphasise the return appointment, saying it three times and circling the date on the printed sheet.

    Medicine

  • The tutorial emphasises the cooldown timer with a loud chime, because new players ignore it in every playtest.

    Gaming

  • The chief executive chose to emphasise the delivery delays in her memo, putting them above the record sales figures.

    Business

  • The judge told the jury she would emphasise one instruction by reading it twice, slowly, before they retired.

    Law

  • Good trainers emphasise the breathing cue on every rep, because clients forget it the moment the weight feels heavy.

    Fitness

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