Sentence examples for accent around from inspiring English sources

The phrase "accent around" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing emphasis or pronunciation, but it is not commonly recognized.
Example: "She spoke with an accent around certain words that made her sound unique."
Alternatives: "emphasis on" or "stress on".

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The side window frames are blacked out, so the sleek silver accent around them stands out.

It comes in one colour - quartz grey - an attractive gunmetal grey colour with an interesting red accent around the power button.

Ms. Judd, playing the photographer Tina Modotti, bends her usual Kentucky accent around phrases like "Basta!" and "Viva la Revolución!"; Mr. Rush speaks Russian like the Australian he is.

The tester had black fabric seats with blue inserts and a black dashboard highlighted with a graphite-appearing accent around the audio system's digital readout.

Utilizing grunts, hand signals or putting a foreign-sounding accent around our English (I know, I'm guilty) will only get you so far.

Don't use your fake accent around people who actually have that accent.

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Another day in Somerville, another aging, union guy with a fake hip and a thick, nonrhotic accent driving around in a silver Lexus telling me how much of a dick Whitey Bulger is.

So I took a train there, luxuriating in the Yorkshire accents around me.

Gdula touchingly evokes the aromas and accents around the table of his Eastern European family.

The climate controls are three simple rotary dials; there are chrome accents around the black-and-white analog gauges.

The pulse is always there, yet he moves accents around it, making rhythm contract and expand, changing his focus for stretches at a time from cymbals to toms to bass drum and snare.

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