Emphasize

Examples

• We are perhaps apt to emphasize the control of the body at the expense of control of the environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I have wished to emphasize that there is nothing in this book which can be drafted into a legislative proposal and presented to the legislature the day after to-morrow. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• This fleeting glimpse of her past served to emphasize the sense of aimlessness with which Lily at length turned toward home. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Both of them over-emphasize the importance of single events. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• And we do not emphasize things which do not require emphasis--that is, such things as are taking care of themselves fairly well. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I do not wish to press the analogy or over-emphasize the particular problems. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• If this utter detachment from any love of money for its own sake has not already been illustrated in some of the incidents narrated, one or two stories are available to emphasize the point. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They would have over-emphasized the novelty of the adventure, trying to make him feel in it the zest of an escapade. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The story of Menlo has been told in another chapter, but the point was not emphasized that Edison then, as later, tried hard to drop manufacturing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Not getting a tool for subsequent use but present subject matter was the emphasized thing. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Mrs. Trenor's words were moreover emphasized for her hearer by anxieties which she herself could scarcely guess. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He emphasized the word holy with a touch of irony. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Now, said Wemmick, questioning being over, which he emphasized and repeated for my guidance, I come to what I did, after hearing what I heard. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• There was something in that emphasized 'What,' which absurdly frightened the figure. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The Goebel case emphasizes two defects in the court procedure in patent cases. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• For modern psychology emphasizes the radical importance of primitive unlearned instincts of exploring, experimentation, and trying on. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• While geography emphasizes the physical side and history the social, these are only emphases in a common topic, namely, the associated life of men. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It emphasizes nationality; it defers to sovereignty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Again, I listen to Miss Murdstone mumbling the responses, and emphasizing all the dread words with a cruel relish. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Let him never come a nigh me to ask me my forgiveness,' said the father, again emphasizing his words with the knife. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In emphasizing the important part which electricity plays in the business of a great metropolis, the home should not be forgotten. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Checked by Gardner