ACCENT in a Sentence
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119 example sentences for ACCENT, such as:
1. He mimicked her southern accent.
2. He used to affect a foreign accent.
3. He speaks with a strong southern accent.
4. He had developed a slight American accent.
5. Her foreign accent was barely perceptible.
2. He used to affect a foreign accent.
3. He speaks with a strong southern accent.
4. He had developed a slight American accent.
5. Her foreign accent was barely perceptible.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of ACCENT
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accent
n. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
v. to stress, single out as important
Classic Sentence: (102 in 7 pages)
1 "Aye, that's her," answered Mrs. Medlock, speaking with a Yorkshire accent herself and jerking her head over her shoulder toward Mary.
2 Finally a spade struck upon the coffin with a dull woody accent, and within another minute or two the men had hoisted it out on the ground.
3 These few words were uttered with an accent that left no doubt of his sincerity; Dantes rose, dispersed the fragments with the same precaution as before, and pushed his bed back against the wall.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
Context Highlight In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
4 Alas," returned the captain with an accent of the most profound pity, "we ought always to help one another.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
5 There was a moment's silence, and then a voice, in excellent French, although, with a foreign accent, said, "Welcome, sir."
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
6 "No, excellency; and never shall I forget it," returned Peppino, with an accent of profound gratitude.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
Context Highlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
7 "But they appear to speak French with a very pure accent," said Danglars.
8 Villefort pronounced these words with an accent which would have made the count shudder had he heard him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney.
Context Highlight In Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney.
9 "I am at your service, sir," said the abbe, with a marked Italian accent.
10 This was said in excellent Tuscan, and with that soft Roman accent which makes the language of Dante as sonorous as that of Homer.
11 Mercedes uttered these words with such deep anguish, with an accent of such intense despair, that Monte Cristo could not restrain a sob.
12 He might be recognized, not only by these signs, but also from the accent with which he spoke to the postilion, as a Frenchman.
13 "Dentro la testa," replied the same voice, with the same menacing accent.
14 "Oh," he cried, in an accent of despair, "the count has deceived me; I am yet living;" and extending his hand towards the table, he seized a knife.
15 Friends," cried Tholomyes, with the accent of a man who had recovered his empire, "Come to yourselves.
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 He used to affect a foreign accent.
2 He had developed a slight American accent.
3 The kids all put on a phoney American accent.
4 I'm told I have a very pronounced English accent when I speak French.
5 I thought I could detect a slight West Country accent.
6 Many celebrities develop a working class accent to increase their street-credibility.
7 Her foreign accent was barely perceptible.
8 He speaks with a strong southern accent.
9 He mimicked her southern accent.
10 Kim adopts a southern accent when speaking to family back home.
11 There's no way you can disguise that southern accent.
12 They were all copying my accent and pissing themselves laughing.
13 The other boys laughed so unmercifully at what they termed my affected accent.
14 You also have to imagine that in an odd mongrel accent of Sicilian born and raised, but learned English in a Scottish slum.
15 And if I had loved him less I should have thought his accent and look of exultation savage; but, sitting by him, roused from the nightmare of parting -- called to the paradise of union -- I thought only of the bliss given me to drink in so abundant a flow.