As she had been speaking, he found himself trying to place her accent.

Leona couldn't place her accent, then remembered being told it was Dutch.

As usual, he was having a hard time trying to place Havenshire's accent and his creative use of the language.

But at least she speaks English, even though I can't place her accent.

As they went along, he tried to place her accent.

She had never been quite able to place his accent.

He could not place her unique accent, other than he thought it was from central Europe.

I couldn't place his accent, but it certainly wasn't French.

On the way back up, they thanked me and I tried to place their accent.

Paks could not place his accent, which seemed slightly melodic.