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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Fremont’s 2024 Homelessness Response Plan emphasized prevention, housing and outreach.
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David Bonaccorsi, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Scrolling Instagram and TikTok was damaging enough to my self-worth prior to pregnancy, but there’s nothing quite like seeing a fitness or lifestyle influencer emphasizing the flatness of their abs mere weeks after delivery to demolish your confidence.
—Michelle Konstantinovsky, SELF, 22 Apr. 2025
The partnership also emphasizes Amiri’s growth and focus on the Latin American region.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 Apr. 2025
Council members emphasized that maternal mortality is deeply personal and preventable.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 22 Apr. 2025
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David Bonaccorsi, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Scrolling Instagram and TikTok was damaging enough to my self-worth prior to pregnancy, but there’s nothing quite like seeing a fitness or lifestyle influencer emphasizing the flatness of their abs mere weeks after delivery to demolish your confidence.
—Michelle Konstantinovsky, SELF, 22 Apr. 2025
The partnership also emphasizes Amiri’s growth and focus on the Latin American region.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 Apr. 2025
Council members emphasized that maternal mortality is deeply personal and preventable.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Emphasize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emphasize. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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emphasize
verb
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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