The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. From LearnThat.org. [Confucius]
Is the word accentuate a good word to tell in morning assembly?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
But for the most part I actually "accentuate" my brows with a bit of Bobby Brown light brown eyebrow shadow. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Arches] Reference
"kind of accentuate the positive work the authority is doing.". From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
I just like, I love making music to accentuate the visuals. From Wordnik.com. [Meshell Ndegeocello Puts Life In Rhythm] Reference
This will accentuate the interest and deepen the impression. From Wordnik.com. [Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools] Reference
As if it were really necessary to accentuate the rôle of France. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference
Calm winds only accentuate the unkindly heat that is in full force. From Wordnik.com. [Forecast: Hot and humid for two more days] Reference
Still the scars on her wings did nothing but accentuate her beauty. From Wordnik.com. [lepidoptera] Reference
Instant messaging and chat rooms just accentuate the casual negative. From Wordnik.com. [We've Got Mail--Always] Reference
Despite pessimism, both sides were seeking to accentuate the positive. From Wordnik.com. [Middle East peace talks falter over question of Israeli settlements] Reference
Another feature of colonial life tended to accentuate this difference. From Wordnik.com. [The Wars Between England and America] Reference
Teachers unions and public-school advocates prefer to accentuate the positive. From Wordnik.com. [A Mixed Report Card] Reference
The cosmetics are for women "who want to accentuate what they have," Bailey said. From Wordnik.com. [New Burberry keeps growing with the times] Reference
Some are gone over with a fine-tooth comb to help hide or accentuate certain traits. From Wordnik.com. [Mazdaspeed3 - Torque steering it straight] Reference
Any form of digestive disturbance is very apt to accentuate the frequency of coughing. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
It is just little discourtesies such as this that accentuate ill-feeling between nations. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914] Reference
The Clinton campaign's rapid response is to accentuate the contrasts between Dole and Kemp. From Wordnik.com. [Will Jack Hurt Bill?] Reference
You appear to bring out the salient features of a handsome face, even if you accentuate them. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
He had plastic surgery and dyed most of his graying hair black, to accentuate his white stripe. From Wordnik.com. [El Tigre And His Mexico] Reference
To accentuate the text, fine, rosy-red powder continuously sifts down along the walls from above. From Wordnik.com. [A Visionary Hits Venice] Reference
In it they found occasion to accentuate a grousing born of the damp, uncheering vista around them. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
To accentuate the texts, a continual rain of fine red powder sifts down along the walls from above. From Wordnik.com. [Talent Pool] Reference
There is no question either that nerve strain and monotony accentuate the critical attitude towards food. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
To accentuate the ghostly absence of the missing marbles, there are white plaster copies to fill the gaps. From Wordnik.com. [Romancing the Stones] Reference
In the case of Wonderettes, however, the fun is in the music, and Bean knows how to accentuate the positive. From Wordnik.com. [James Sims: Off-Broadway's Wonderettes Closing Its Gym Doors] Reference
It's an open question whether this spring's elections will assuage the crisis of second thoughts -- or accentuate it. From Wordnik.com. [Left? Right? Center?] Reference
The coming of Dysart thus suddenly into the midst of her mournful reverie has but served to accentuate the reality of it. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
If anything, the big celebrations only accentuate the reality of Russia's loss of empire and its decline as a superpower. From Wordnik.com. [How to Handle Russia?] Reference
We accentuate the seriousness of each trifling pain and illness, and the specter of death looms up in the path of each ailment. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
They say they go out of their way to select people and situations that accentuate the positive aspects of their subjects 'lives. From Wordnik.com. [Reality’s Believe It or Not] Reference
Anne's beautiful voice rose and fell with wonderful expression, while the music served to accentuate every word that she uttered. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
When a liquidity boom ends, however, it tends to accentuate the advantages of big markets while diminishing those of smaller ones. From Wordnik.com. [Bigger Than Ever] Reference
Angie's List Magazine asked two window treatment professionals to point out the essentials necessary to properly accentuate your room. From Wordnik.com. [How to effectively use window treatments] Reference
And taste, of course, with spices, condiments and seasonings to enhance, to accentuate, but never to overwhelm the natural tastes of good foods. From Wordnik.com. [Bok Choy To The World] Reference
There was no follow-up, no chance to accentuate his positives; the stories next morning made it sound as if he were bending his neck to the blade. From Wordnik.com. [Rocky Road To Houston] Reference
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