She laid a slight, significant emphasis on the last word.

She put just a slight emphasis on the word, and gave Elayne a meaning look.

Escott asked, putting a very slight emphasis on her name.

Mykel thought she had given the slightest emphasis to the word "I," but he was not certain.

His slight emphasis on the last word seemed to relieve their tension a bit.

In some subtle way, the next words came with a slight emphasis.

The slight emphasis he placed on the word with left no doubt as to his meaning.

Then: "My work," said the old man shortly, putting a slight emphasis on the first word.

Another man might have missed her slight emphasis on his anonymous name.

Had she put that slight emphasis on my, my mother's people?