Sentence examples for a winning accent from inspiring English sources

While I am as easily charmed as the next fellow by a winning accent and the promise of la dolce vita, I look almost desperately for something that stands out.

Branca is a pretty woman, dark and compact, with a winning suburban New York accent.

His winning Yorkshire accent (refreshing at a time when received pronunciation was still de rigueur for TV presenters), smiling eyes and quizzical expression "all combined to make the most compelling personality and one we were sure would be right for Blue Peter even before we had seen him on camera," said Baxter.

Sam greets visitors at the back door with his winning British accent and warm countenance, and is proud to show off his well tended home.

The dapper, smooth-headed 40-year-old, whose English has only a hint of an Arabic accent, won over audiences.

1. Pablo Pardo, an industrial designer based in San Francisco, and his IO desk lamp, which won the Accent on Design award for best product.

Franklin Roosevelt expanded his cousin's social contract with the New Deal, which carried enough populist punch to help a New York politician with a moneyed accent win the heartland four times.

But an actor can't win with an accent.

Last season the ubiquitous Zeljko Ivanek ("Homicide: Life on the Street" and "24," to name two shows) slathered himself in a syrupy Southern accent and won an Emmy as Danson's lawyer, Ray Fiske.

Immediate reaction: We can call this race right now: Oldman's portrayal of Winston Churchill — complete with major prosthetics and spot-on accent — is winning all the awards.

By leaving the mainstream so decisively, the Deep South and Appalachia will no longer be able to dictate that winning Democrats have Southern accents or adhere to conservative policies on issues like welfare and tax policy, experts say.