In a sentence
Six example sentences with emphasize, each labelled with its topic.
The conductor asked the cellos to emphasize the second beat so the waltz would stop sounding like a march.
Music
Good coaches emphasize sleep as much as squats, because the muscle is built between sessions rather than during them.
Fitness
The report emphasizes wage growth over headline unemployment, arguing the second number hides how many people took worse jobs.
Economics
Side lighting emphasizes texture, turning a plain brick wall into a pattern of tiny ridges and shadows.
Photography
The new coach emphasizes rebounding above everything, and practice ends only when the second unit wins the board battle.
Basketball
Van Gogh emphasized the sky with thick strokes, so the stars seem to spin while the village below stays still.
Art
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