accent

[æksent]

Definition:
1. A way of pronouncing the words of a language that shows which country, area or social class a person comes from.
2. A special or particular emphasis.

Use 'accent' in a sentence:

1. Setting the case level attribute to on and the strength attribute to primary level will ignore accent but not case.
2. 'I was hot,' I could still hear Charlotte say with her delicious French accent.
3. In accent, mannerism and habit of mind he appeared to be completely Eastern European.
4. Maybe it would even make polite suggestions for you in a British accent.
5. 'What do you want?' a teenage girl demanded in a thick German accent.
6. He had developed a slight American accent.
7. This is not because of the accent, but because they often use rhymes to describe things instead of the words themselves.
8. What? Accent on one, but what part of the music were you listening to?
9. She may be right... if someone judges me by my accent, maybe that person is not my ideal client.
10. He has a peculiar accent.
11. He speaks with a slight southern accent.
12. They often ribbed her for her accent.
13. He has a strong American accent.
14. Young Frank in particular has a classic southern accent and pronunciation.
15. After all, people who write in these languages on a computer want to use the correct accent marks.
16. His lilting Irish accent was lovely, I could have listened to it all night.