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Examples of emphasize in a Sentence
supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories
that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut
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Addressing how to deal with complaints against talent, McCall highlighted some of the complexities involved and emphasized that issues go beyond the TV industry.
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
In describing the developing show, Stroman and her producers all emphasized the stage musical’s embrace of comedy.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023
When asked about Young’s crowning and the mixed reaction that followed, a North Kansas City Schools official emphasized that student votes determine the homecoming courts.
—Jay Valle, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
Captain America wasn’t even from the Silver Age; Kirby and Joe Simon created him in the forties, and his adventures in the sixties emphasized his status as a holdover from the Greatest Generation, a lonely man out of time.
—Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2023
All of the show’s installations emphasize these themes.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
On the flip side, classical Chinese art does not deny death, and in fact often emphasizes it directly through Buddhist and Taoist philosophical themes, or indirectly through representations of the natural world and the seasonal cycle of life, death, and rebirth.
—WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
Horn and his attorneys used it to differentiate him from other rioters, emphasizing that Horn wasn’t aggressive to law enforcement and didn’t appear to destroy any property.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
Malin Jimenez, an Indigenous Maya from Guatemala and a community representative for the harbor coalition, emphasized the need to bring attention to the climate crisis.
—Austindedios, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
In describing the developing show, Stroman and her producers all emphasized the stage musical’s embrace of comedy.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023
When asked about Young’s crowning and the mixed reaction that followed, a North Kansas City Schools official emphasized that student votes determine the homecoming courts.
—Jay Valle, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
Captain America wasn’t even from the Silver Age; Kirby and Joe Simon created him in the forties, and his adventures in the sixties emphasized his status as a holdover from the Greatest Generation, a lonely man out of time.
—Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2023
All of the show’s installations emphasize these themes.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
On the flip side, classical Chinese art does not deny death, and in fact often emphasizes it directly through Buddhist and Taoist philosophical themes, or indirectly through representations of the natural world and the seasonal cycle of life, death, and rebirth.
—WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
Horn and his attorneys used it to differentiate him from other rioters, emphasizing that Horn wasn’t aggressive to law enforcement and didn’t appear to destroy any property.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
Malin Jimenez, an Indigenous Maya from Guatemala and a community representative for the harbor coalition, emphasized the need to bring attention to the climate crisis.
—Austindedios, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
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First Known Use
1793, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing emphasize
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“Emphasize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emphasize. Accessed 4 Oct. 2023.
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em·pha·size
ˈem(p)-fə-ˌsīz 
emphasized; emphasizing
: to place emphasis on : stress as being important or so as to stand out
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