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our danger and insolation only accentuated the incompatibility
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.
1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 159:
Attempts by Waterloo signalmen to clear the points by power operation eventually exhausted point motor batteries, which are fed by trickle chargers, and a blown fuse accentuated the problem; thus, even when the points had been cleared of ice, no power was available to operate them until the batteries were sufficiently recharged.
1991, Macworld, volume 8, PC World Communications:
Several digital effects are supported by Deck, ranging from a digital equalizer, which lets you accentuate or attenuate certain frequencies, to a stereoizer, which processes a mono- phonic recording to simulate stereo.
2004, Mark H Bernstein, Without A Tear, University of Illinois, published 2004, page 67:
Eating meat does not conform to God's original intention, and resorting to carnivorism merely accentuates an unattractive part of human nature.
2022 November, Vaishnavi Maloth, “Popular Makeup Aesthetics to Follow”, in Tulip, volume 13, number 5, page 66:
Soft girl makeup, as the name suggests is a pastel, sweet style that focuses on accentuating natural features with a signature element being blush and faux freckles.
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