accented
adjective
ac·cent·ed
ˈak-ˌsen-təd 
ak-ˈsen-,
British usually ək-ˈsen-
: spoken or written with an accent
an accented syllable
a person who speaks slightly/heavily accented English
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The heavily accented, Polish Holocaust survivor was a constant presence in the Jewish vacationland in upstate New York, offering a one-of-a-kind type of entertainment: speed-painting.
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Julia Gergely, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2024
On a European flight there was a guy in the last row who proceeded to get drunker and drunker, all the while shouting and raving in accented English.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2024
There are drawls, and then there are twangs, accented vowels that are compounded into two or three, sometimes changing the pace of speech, other times not.
—New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
This is Esposito’s second heavily accented, stylish crime show in the past month.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024
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Julia Gergely, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2024
On a European flight there was a guy in the last row who proceeded to get drunker and drunker, all the while shouting and raving in accented English.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2024
There are drawls, and then there are twangs, accented vowels that are compounded into two or three, sometimes changing the pace of speech, other times not.
—New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
This is Esposito’s second heavily accented, stylish crime show in the past month.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Accented.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accented. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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