How to use emphasis in a sentence

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• A nearby to-infinitive may be a factor for choosing 'in order to', as will emphasis.From the entry as
• The news article laid emphasis on the unusually young age of the criminals.From the entry lay
• This particular school places great emphasis on the historicity of ideas, practices, or institutions.From the entry historicity
• He asked them to use blue for emphasis because the red they were using appeared black due to his protanomaly.From the entry protanomaly
• In the Semitic languages, paragogic letters are added to the ordinary forms of words to express additional emphasis or a change in the meaning.From the entry paragogic
• Incidentally, the emphasis on the necessity of visual communication for the MTV generation is overblown.2025 November 2 (last accessed), “Let’s Get Real! Magritte and the Nature of Reality”, in baptistcenter.com, archived from the original on…. From the entry MTV generation
• Taoism puts a significant emphasis on noninterference, imbuing the decision not to act with moral quality.2022 Jan-Mar, Liam C. Butchart, “Taoism, bioethics, and the COVID-19 pandemic”, in Tzu Chi Medical Journal, volume 34, number 1, →DOI…. From the entry Taoism
• Second, and perhaps more important, is the emphasis on non-violent direct action (NVDA).2020, Jonathon Porritt, Hope in Hell: A decade to confront the climate emergency, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry NVDA
• Only Punday’s emphasis on re-integration and a new totality could somehow be called postdeconstructive.2019, Luc Herman, Bart Vervaeck, Handbook of Narrative Analysis, →ISBN, page 367, n. 690. From the entry postdeconstructive
• Nowadays, Grammer and his wife spend their days “Netflix and chilling”—with an emphasis on the “chilling.”2017 February 3, Nicole Sands, “Andy Grammer Abstained from Sex Until Marriage—But Now He Loves to 'Netflix and Chill'”, in PEOPLE. From the entry Netflix and chill
• It put welcome new emphasis on sectorially targeted training for low-income workers with limited skills.2016 July 5, Eduardo Porter, “Job Training Works. So Why Not Do More?”, in New York Times. From the entry sectorially
• This is surprising given the Chinese emphasis on lawfare and the "Three Warfares" in its strategic literature.2015 August, Christopher D. Yung, Patrick McNulty, “An Empirical Analysis of Claimant Tactics in the South China Sea”, in Strategic Forum…. From the entry lawfare
• Here, the emphasis is somewhat deflatingly on the artifice in “Cymbeline.”2015 August 10, Charles Isherwood, “Review: ‘Cymbeline’ Unspools Its Many Plot Twists at the Delacorte Theater”, in New York Times. From the entry deflatingly
• Most recently, much emphasis is being laid on the progression of multiparticulate dosage forms.2015, Reza Enayatifard et al., “Evaluation of the effect of physical variables on in vitro release of diclofenac pellets using Box-Behnken…. From the entry multiparticulate
• These perverbs are consistent with the cognitive view's emphasis on the theoretical import of idiosyncratic proverbs.2013, Richard P. Honeck, A Proverb in Mind: The Cognitive Science of Proverbial Wit and Wisdom, page 186. From the entry perverb
• To describe this strong emphasis on performing work professionally we have created the term hyperprofessionalism.2012, Lennard J. Davis, chapter 4, in User-based Innovation in Services, Edward Elgar Publishing, →DOI, section 1, page 53. From the entry hyperprofessionalism
• Kenworthy's thesis does not contradict Frank's emphasis on the family-values propaganda blitz.2010, Thomas S. Langner, Selfish Or Caring? America's Choice, →ISBN. From the entry left-behind
• The AWE's emphasis is on basic research and the potential for energy storage.2008, David Hambling, “Discredited pseudoscience or a newly useful technology?”, in The Guardian. From the entry isomer bomb
• Façadism, with its emphasis on show and its disregard for authenticity, is very much a postmodern approach.2008, John Pendlebury, Conservation in the Age of Consensus, →ISBN, page 177. From the entry facadism
• The emphasis on the interplay between the hows and whats of interpretive practice is paramount.2005, Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln, The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, page 493. From the entry what
• Despite some contradictions found in the essay, its major emphasis is laid on the politics-administration dichotomy theory.2005, S. P. Naidu, Public Administration: Concepts And Theories, page 55. From the entry dichotomy
• The emphasis on articulated information about environmental liabilities in the management accounts is not stressed.2005, Roger L. Burritt, “Challenges for Environmental Management Accounting”, Chapter 2 of Pall M. Rikhardsson et al. (editors)…. From the entry articulation
• The social basis and critical tool within the theory is its emphasis on re-presentation.2004, Caroline Howarth, “Re-presentation and resistance in the context of school exclusion: reasons to be critical”, in Journal of…. From the entry re-presentation
• In addition, a new emphasis is being placed upon NASA and the U.S.2003, A Charania, “Operational Capabilities and Legal Implications of a Military Space Plane”, in Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth…. From the entry spaceforce
• Is BDD caused by our culture's emphasis on appearance and our concepts of beauty?2002, James Claiborne, Cherlene Pedrick, The BDD Workbook, New Harbinger Publications, →ISBN, page 14. From the entry BDD
• Although, along with many so-called negative utilitarians, his emphasis is on reducing pain, rather than increasing pleasure.2001, Christopher Belshaw, Environmental Philosophy: Reason, Nature and Human Concern, Chesham, Bucks: Acumen, →ISBN, page 296. From the entry negative utilitarian
• René Padilla feels that the “excessive emphasis on numbers” in church growth becomes “numerolatry.”1998, C. Peter Wagner, Church Growth and the Whole Gospel: A Biblical Mandate, →ISBN. From the entry numerolatry
• Emphasis falls on the correction of error and participation in mutual psychagogy.1996, John T. Fitzgeraldn, editor, Friendship, Flattery, and Frankness of Speech: Studies on Friendship in the New Testament World. From the entry psychagogy
• The emphasis of the original Hexalogue was on the goodness of man and Confucian orthodoxy.1993, Soldiers, cops, bannermen: the rise and fall of the first Communist Chinese police state, 1931-1969, page 30. From the entry hexalogue
• To the "closet" taxonomist and aficionado of nomenclatural exercises, such emphasis may seem an intrusion.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.…. From the entry aficionado
• Have we witnessed the "casinoization" of Wall Street with its emphasis on short-term returns on investments?1990, Southern Social Studies Journal. From the entry casinoization
• The literary scene is often defined bicoastally, with the emphasis on the east.1988 March 25, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry bicoastally
• The authors suggest that the globalist emphasis among policymakers has increased during the Reagan administration.1986, Eric Stromayer, African Crisis Areas and U.S. Foreign Policy (review), page 240. From the entry globalist
• Areas of emphasis can be: team blocking, serve reception, attack combinations, freeball execution, and spiker coverage.1985, Bob Bertucci Tina Kogut Bertucci, Ralph Hippolyte, Championship Volleyball Drills: Combination and complex training, page 99. From the entry freeball
• What is interesting is his emphasis on the Dostoyevskean nature of the group.1983, Glen Burns, Great Poets Howl: A Study of Allen Ginsberg’s Poetry, 1943-1955, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 97. From the entry Dostoyevskean

Meaning of emphasis

1. noun Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
2. noun Special attention or prominence given to something.
3. noun Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.

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Questions about emphasis in a sentence

How do you use emphasis in a sentence?

Emphasis is used as a noun. For example: “He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.”

What is a short sentence with emphasis?

“Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.”

What does emphasis mean?

Emphasis means special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.