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Sentences starting with emphasis

Emphasis is putting more distress on one word than another. [5]

Sentences ending with emphasis

Only just now you appeared to consider certain words uttered last night in reference to a lady--" "Let that pass," interrupted Heinz with marked emphasis. [10]
When he came to these words which follow, he pronounced them very slowly and with special emphasis. [6]
I judge that Mrs. Crozier does not see more distinctly than I do," he remarked inquiringly to Kitty, and with admonishment in tone and emphasis. [11]
On the other hand, if a man has good qualities, the spirit seldom moves him to exhibit them on shipboard, at least with any sort of emphasis. [5]
The voice rose distinct and clear, with modulated emphasis. [11]
As though realizing and resisting, if not resenting this dissolution of his forces, his voice rang out querulously, and his head made dogmatic emphasis. [11]

Short sentences using emphasis

The emphasis arrested my attention. [11]

More example sentences with the word emphasis in them

Another verse began, with more of the brazen emphasis of the concert-hall singer than ever. [9]
I am--your--hunter,' he went on, speaking with slow, painful emphasis, 'and I shall make you mine. [11]
And yet--so I was told afterwards--my delivery was not mechanical, and I actually achieved more emphasis, gave a greater impression of conviction than at any time since the night I had lost my control and violently denounced the reformers. [9]
The emphasis, however, was laid on liberal culture. [4]
The power of truth had given each its full emphasis and held up to Miriam a mirror that showed her an image from which she shrank. [10]
The significance of this last statement had been often attested on the prairies by the piercing emphasis of a six- chambered revolver. [11]
Intended or no, the effect of my religious training was to make me ashamed of discussing spiritual matters, and naturally I failed to perceive that this was because it laid its emphasis on personal salvation.... [9]
Hour by hour, the boat plows deeper and deeper into the great and populous North-west; and with each successive section of it which is revealed, one's surprise and respect gather emphasis and increase. [5]
Not far away stood Leicester, but the Queen had done no more than note his presence by a glance, and now and again with ostentatious emphasis she spoke to Angele, whom she had had brought to her in the morning before chapel-going. [11]
Then there are some words which mean one thing when you emphasize the first syllable, but mean something very different if you throw the emphasis on the last syllable. [5]
Her only delight seemed to be in listening to Gifted as he read, sometimes with fine declamatory emphasis, sometimes in low, tremulous tones, the various poems enshrined in his manuscript. [6]
Pound would have put the emphasis of the Everlasting into those words! [9]
A delicate emphasis on the word shell implied that the Colonel knew what was what. [6]
Besides,' added the old gentleman with stronger emphasis, 'besides having the pleasure of being again brought into communication with those to whom you seem to be very strongly and disinterestedly attached. [12]
Then the rattling of the coach, the clatter of our six horses' hoofs, and the driver's crisp commands, awoke to a louder and stronger emphasis, and we went sweeping down on the station at our smartest speed. [5]
And also from my husband's friend Bolkonski, Prince Andrew Bolkonski," she went on with special emphasis, implying that she knew of his relation to Natasha. [2]
I think it might interest you," Ditmar put a slight emphasis on the pronoun. [9]
That word, Prosperity, made a deep impression on me, and I recall the certain reverential emphasis he laid on it. [9]
Zephaniah Swift, a lawyer of Windham, came out in the Windham "Herald," in all the vehemence of partisan phraseology, with all the emphasis of italics and small capitals. [6]
The emphasis was laid on development, or rather on the resulting prosperity for the country: that was the justification, and it was taken for granted as supreme. [9]
At that distance its dingy buildings looked white--and so, rank on rank of balconies, windows and roofs, they piled themselves up from the blue ocean till the colossal castle of St. Elmo topped the grand white pyramid and gave the picture symmetry, emphasis and completeness. [5]
Mr. Brice's personality is prepossessing, his words are spoken sharply, and he has a singular emphasis at times which seems to drive his arguments into the minds of his hearers. [9]
It was perfect in construction, in phraseology, in grammar, in emphasis, in pronunciation --everything. [5]
The man stood immovable while he delivered this message, and put an impudent emphasis upon the gentleman. [9]
Gering had crowded home with flagrant emphasis the fact that, while Radisson was a traitor and a scoundrel,--which Iberville himself had admitted with an ironical frankness,--he was also a Frenchman. [11]
He was devoting his whole attention to her; as he struck the strings with deeper emphasis his eyes sought hers, and it seemed as though he were playing for her alone. [10]
With liberal emphasis he called himself a sneak, and one day at Fort Charles sat down to write to his solicitor in Montreal to say that he would come on at once. [11]
The cap and gown are only an emphasis of the purpose to devote a certain period to the higher life, and if they cannot be defended, then we may begin to be skeptical about the seriousness of the intention of a higher education. [4]
Making a polite gesture for me to step aside, Monsieur Doltaire said, in a voice which was perfectly controlled and courteous, though I could hear behind all a deadly emphasis, 'I know everything now. [11]
When we drift further down the column and read the poetry about little Johnnie, the depression and spirits acquires and added emphasis, and we experience tangible suffering. [5]
Twice, thrice, the finger prodded Voban's breast, as if to add an emphasis to his words. [11]
And the very fact that his presentation of religion had left many indifferent or dissatisfied was proof-positive that he had dwelt upon non-essentials, laid emphasis upon the mistaken interpretations of past ages. [9]
He made his enlargements without flourish, without emphasis, and so casually that often one failed to notice that a change had been made. [5]
At Antigonish--with the emphasis on the last syllable--let the reader know there is a most comfortable inn, kept by a cheery landlady, where the stranger is served by the comely handmaidens, her daughters, and feels that he has reached a home at last. [4]
In fact, particular emphasis had been given to it in a private remark written in the margin of the proces: "She concealed her visions from her parents and from every one. [5]
An' I mus' do it," he rejoined, with an emphasis there was no mistaking. [11]
Therefore, if your case be like mine, you two fools stand there, and without perceptible emotion of any kind, or any emphasis on any syllable, you look blandly into each other's eyes, and hold the following idiotic conversation: "How much? [5]
She paid the cabman, who touched his hat with quick and grateful emphasis, and, wheeling his old crock round, clattered away. [11]
Not hang, maybe, but be punished at least with such vigor of emphasis as to make negligence a thing to be shuddered at by railroad officials for many a day thereafter. [5]
At last, without any change of emphasis in his droning voice, the clerk announced the recommendation of the Committee on Judiciary that House Bill 709 ought to pass. [9]
But he laid a slight emphasis on the word which sent a cold shiver down Mr. Plimpton's spine, and made him wonder whether there might not be something worse than socialism. [9]

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