How to Use emphasis in a Sentence

emphasis

noun

• Our candidate's plan has a different emphasis.
• The brand was the star, and the emphasis was on live classes, not tapes.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 13 June 2019
• But at the turn of the century, the emphasis turned to home runs.
  — Jason Parker, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
• That’s a good start — to make the emphasis on life rather than death.
  — Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• That re-emphasis has gone a long way in a short amount of time.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2021
• This time around, though, the emphasis is on the breathing.
  — Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2021
• Trump places a lot of emphasis on the market, of course.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2020
• The emphasis was always on the thought rather than the expense.
  — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2020
• Turnovers were a point of emphasis this week for the defense.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Oct. 2020
• The game with Lowndes is a unique game with a lot of emphasis put on it.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 20 Apr. 2020
• And with cotton, the whole emphasis is on high thread count...the closer the weave the better.
  — Carmen Rosy Hall, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2018
• The mids are decently tuned, with an emphasis on the warm, low mids, and a dip in the high mids.
  — Christian De Looper, BGR, 30 July 2021
• That’s been a point of emphasis for Bowness coming out of the break.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2020
• Be all the things that Hollywood used to put a lot of emphasis on.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 25 Jan. 2022
• That's why there's such an emphasis on foods like cheeses and olive oils.
  — NBC News, 12 July 2019
• A year ago, the team placed an emphasis on the offensive line.
  — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2019
• That puts more emphasis on getting a good shot off the tee even more.
  — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 21 June 2018
• Big dumb fun, sure, but with too much emphasis on the big and dumb parts of that equation.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 12 July 2018
• Maybe this emphasis now is getting back to his roots, what he was raised on.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2018
• Rodriguez wrote in the clip's caption—and no, emphasis is not added.
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 3 Feb. 2020
• Trojans want to put more emphasis on their tight ends in the passing game.
  — oregonlive, 16 Oct. 2020
• Perhaps more emphasis from the clergy should be put on men to not be so thirsty.
  — Maliya Naz, Allure, 27 Mar. 2021
• This gets me to a point of emphasis and my biggest regret.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2020
• White gives her gentle but clear notes about where to place emphasis, new things to try.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022
• The emphasis in the last platform, drafted in 2016, to cut fiscal deficits?
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
• There was also a huge emphasis on art throughout the home.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 13 Aug. 2019
• That, of course, signaled that the defense must be planning to place great emphasis on it.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 30 Mar. 2021
• The Wild have been careful not to place too much emphasis on any one game the past several weeks.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024
• Each list has been the product of surveying our reporters, editors, and partners around the world to determine who is leading in the sectors that will define the future, with an emphasis on business, climate, sports, the arts, and advocacy.
  — Sam Jacobs, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
• Korea’s pop-culture scene, and K-pop in particular, tends to take a more conservative approach with an emphasis on idol-like behavior crucial for securing lucrative brand deals and media exposure within Korea.
  — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024