Sentence examples for accent given from inspiring English sources

Why, he wondered, did this Guggenheim have a foreign accent, given that the real Guggenheims have been in America since the 19th century?

A sparkling man, still drawling in his native Texas accent, given to sudden, uproarious laughter and surprising citations from the philosophers he studied at Yale, Busby has seen a lot and remembers it all.

As we creak our way across the Freudian floorboards, I attempt to tune in to her high, childlike voice as she points out items of interest in a strong Parisian accent given to sudden Americanisms.

In particular, we demonstrated how each decision was contingent on [a] the evaluative accent given to certain words, [b] the work that documentary objects achieve in foregrounding particular concerns, and [c] the act of categorising.

Only his accent gave away that he was an Argentine.

Bumble's Lancashire accent gives him a huge advantage.

Her accent gave little away: central Europe, north London, Delhi and New York were all in it.

"We have lost a lot," she said, her accent giving away her Czech roots.

Though he indignantly forswore his German ancestry, his accent gave him away.

But his voice, which doesn't waver in its British accent, gives the piece an amateur edge.

His build, strong voice and irrepressible Yorkshire accent gave him an air of strength that was quite undonnish.