How to Use emoji in a Sentence

emoji

noun
  • One of those norms was the emoji.
    — Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • That’s not to say emojis have no place in email.
    — Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Thumbs-down emoji filled the Zoom screen.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • That can come in many forms, like emojis, gifs, and memes, or just jokes.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 10 Nov. 2023
  • How emojis are used also plays a role.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Some of them text back right away with laughing emojis.
    — Meghana Indurti, New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Bell wrote in the caption adding a heart emoji.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Some have captions and emojis strewn across the frame.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
  • One emoji, used well, can say more than a paragraph.
    — Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Leto wrote in his post, which was captioned with a red heart emoji.
    — Melissa Locker, Time, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Then there’s the quiet ones who will give a thumbs-up or a heart emoji.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • And a whole lot of other people just left a ton of fire emojis.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 10 June 2023
  • Go behind the screen and check out the hidden world of an emoji.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2018
  • Kehlani added an emoji of a face blowing out air to the screenshot.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022
  • Jenner replied, adding a few emojis at the end of her comment.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • Reedus captioned the sweet snapshot with an emoji of a chick.
    — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2021
  • There are a lot of emojis and GIFs.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Slack didn’t just allow emojis.
    — Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But the emoji that best describes the emotions of the one with the sad face.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Here's one post in his feed, with a simple emoji for the caption.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 24 May 2019
  • The mom-to-be captioned the photo with three red heart emojis.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Many of the video's comments just involve a string of red flag emojis.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2024
  • James added a folding hands emoji, a salute emoji and a crown to the post.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Ramer responded to the text with a thumbs-up emoji and put down his phone.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Fans were quick to flood the comment section of her post with fire and heart emojis.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2025
  • At the end of one of our chats, Pheeb sent me an emoji of a red balloon.
    — Janet Siroto, Good Housekeeping, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Spears captioned the video, adding a crying-face and red-heart emoji.
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The proud mom shared the same image, adding emojis of a teddy bear and a blue heart.
    — Maggie Ekberg, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Lopez sweetly wrote over the photo, adding four black heart emojis.
    — Kayla Grant, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Musk ended the post with a winking emoji.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025

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