How to Use emote in a Sentence

emote

verb
  • He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly.
  • Tabitha didn't seem to know how to emote on camera.
    — Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Dancers are left trying to emote through movement and eye contact alone.
    — Lauren Luteran, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2021
  • These songs emoted from the sheer joy of jamming with his band of brothers again.
    — Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Trump has repeatedly made clear over the years his disdain for men who emote too much.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Don't emote for the dispossessed or write them a Christmas check.
    — Keith C. Burris, Star Tribune, 21 Feb. 2021
  • This is not to suggest that your favorite spy is given too much to emote and too little to do.
    — Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2021
  • More likely, those who emoted more were simply in more distress.
    — Ellen Barry Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • For four days the fans whirred, birds swooped, Jane emoted—but nothing happened.
    — Lily Rothman, Time, 14 Aug. 2017
  • This deep cut earnestly emotes despair and a feeling of defeat after a break-up.
    — Da’shan Smith, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2017
  • And emoting them in a way that is again going toward realism.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2019
  • But Benicio is one of these actors who emotes so much non-verbally.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This is a man who has learned to emote through the Real World opening credits.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Thomas expertly emotes it all, often needing only to use her eyes.
    — Ebonie Walker, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Glass models look more modern, while copper models tend to emote a vintage style.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • On top of the technical stuff, the kid can emote like someone who's lived, well, much more than 15 years.
    — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 9 May 2023
  • Because of that, the main character needed to emote his feelings with the face and body only.
    — Holly Jones, Variety, 15 June 2022
  • The difference now is that this group has TikTok and hashtags to emote.
    — Lindsay Ellis and Angela Yang, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Michelle Williams is excellent as always, even if Scarpa’s script doesn’t give her much room to emote.
    — Michael O’Sullivan, idahostatesman, 25 Dec. 2017
  • In fact, looking at the film as an adult can feel a tad baffling, watching teens sweat and cry and emote over what feel like non-issues.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Meat Loaf learned to emote in musical theater, where laying it on too thick is part of the whole concept.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Even now, with no way to hide behind my usual euphemisms or analogies, emoting still feels at times too frank and candid.
    — Hannah Seo, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • With the moon and sun in the same position, your emotions will be front-and-center, so give yourself plenty of space to emote.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 July 2018
  • To emote alone in front of a green screen is perhaps the archetypal scenario of a movie star playing at being one in our time.
    — Hazlitt, 24 Aug. 2022
  • But Slimane emotes all over the stage, and his insinuating vocals slide you right past the ick of it all.
    — Glen Weldon, NPR, 9 May 2024
  • The characters emote with the rich, sticky languor of a lava lamp, and none come to life with the force of those in the works to which Catán nods.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Of all singers of the 21st century, there are few who can emote musically the way Adele does.
    — Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Mar. 2019
  • The Hip-Hop veteran does not speak in the video, however, the lyrics of the song emote deep feelings.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The film hinges on the actor's ability to silently emote complicated ideas with his face and body language.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Actor Tom Sturridge does a fine job in the role, but he’s left to fill silent moments when Dream doesn’t speak or emote.
    — al, 10 Aug. 2022

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