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accentuated

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of Accentuate

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Jean Prouvaire was timid only in repose. Once excited, he burst forth, a sort of mirth accentuated his enthusiasm, and he was at once both laughing and lyric. Victor Hugo

Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I had a terror of growing up, which became more and more accentuated as I grew older. Pierre Loti

I've accentuated the look over the years. As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death. Alexei Sayle

This point is accentuated in a world crisis where biopathic men hold in their hands power over ruined, destitute multitudes. Wilhelm Reich

And with each day that passed, the gulf broadened and my isolation became more accentuated. In such a situation, the discovery that my experience was not unique, that it had also been that of other Spanish intellectuals, became very important for me. Juan Goytisolo

The King is no longer the same; the change of character and spirit observed in him for two or three years is accentuated and makes fear of a catastrophe, at a time when he had only to let it go to be a remarkable King, perhaps to become a large figure. Leopold II of Belgium

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