How to Use radiate in a Sentence

radiate

verb
  • The sun radiates heat and light.
  • Heat radiates from the sun.
  • The pain was radiating down my arm.
  • This will make your heart swell and radiate.
    — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
  • This way, the whole surface area of each droplet radiates away heat.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2026
  • Pops of cobalt blue, hot pink, lavender, spring green, and more just radiate fun.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The age-old concept of the light that radiates from all living things.
    — Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Fresh mint and crushed ice combine with the spirit in a drink that radiates spring.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Apr. 2026
  • At least 17 dust rings appear to radiate from a pair of stars.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Even if the cracks radiate out like a spiderweb, there’s a fix.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2022
  • But, all the while, there was the back pain that had radiated since summer league.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Pain radiates up her back after sitting for too long.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
  • Stars don’t radiate much at these wavelengths and so appear much fainter.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Your beauty radiates from your core.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 29 May 2026
  • The look radiates warmth and softness.
    — Grace McCarty, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Floating stairs lead to the fourth floor, where three of the home’s four bedrooms radiate off a square hall.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Moist soil retains heat from the sun better than dry soil and then radiates it upward at night.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The same woman appeared again and again, radiating warmth with a young boy in her arms.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Hearts radiated from her headpiece to her hem, with a single heart placed near her pelvis.
    — Anika Burgess, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Do this in the early evening while there's still daylight and the ground is radiating heat.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The space is charming, and the entire team radiates warmth and kindness.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Mosquitoes target spots where heat radiates most, like the head and neck.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
  • In the following months, painful shocks radiated through her chest and back.
    — CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In the following months, painful shocks radiated through her chest and back.
    — Brett Kelman, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Pain that radiated from your wrist into your thumb or forearm.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • An ice dam occurs when the snow piled on your roof begins to melt from the sun or the heat radiating from your home.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026
  • His passion radiates through you.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The green leaves radiating from the base of each dandelion.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • What emotion is radiating from the walls?
    — Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In fact, kindness radiated out of her.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026

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