How to Use emit in a Sentence

emit

verb
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  • The brakes emitted a loud squeal.
  • The telescope can detect light emitted by distant galaxies.
  • The rocks and the soil emit all that heat in turn, which then becomes trapped in the depths of the valley.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 19 July 2023
  • The plane was already aflame and emitting thick, black smoke, the video shows.
    — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
  • In the video, one of the agents threw a device that appeared to emit some sort of smoke.
    — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The process emits about 10 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of hydrogen.
    — Matthias Mueller, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2023
  • But over the decades, the French King Bridge came to emit another kind of siren song.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • The snakes are also known for emitting a foul-smelling odor.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The candle still emits its scent when it's not being burned.
    — Michelle Rostamian, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
  • This coating is what burns and produces the bright light that sparklers emit.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2022
  • Lights with Kelvin ratings of 3000 or less give off a warmer glow and emit less blue light.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Holding down the front button emits a cold shot of air to lock in your style at the end of the drying process.
    — Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Sherman plies him for details about the places in the plant that emit carbon.
    — Wired, 29 July 2022
  • Giant fires can emit sparks that, when blown by the wind, can travel up to five miles ahead of the fire.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
  • That meant the corona was 200 times hotter than the surface, where the heat and light are emitted.
    — Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The water parted, the boat emitting tiny waves on either side of the hull.
    — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
  • Such units pull oxygen from the room and emit heat and carbon dioxide.
    — Andrew Waite, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Mind you; the objects don't emit a single wavelength of light.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • For context, one private jet can emit two tons of CO2 in just an hour.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Then, the plant emits some sort of gas right into Devin’s face, and his mug once again becomes streaked in black.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Behind her is a mattress with white sheets, on the floor, and two wall sconces emitting warm light.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023
  • And not when Texas moved to allow polluters to emit more of the chemical.
    — Maya Miller, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2021
  • When hit by photons, the dots emit electrons that flow across the graphene sheet to produce a current.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • It’s only emitted as the turkey flows from half-strut to peak strut.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
  • And research shows that gas stoves emit the greenhouse gas methane.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • When the Sun goes down, this emits an eerie and enigmatic glow, to help guide you through those deep dark nights in the wilderness.
    — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The study also notes that the moon’s basaltic plains emit far more carbon ion emissions than the highlands.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The dark green leaves can grow to 4 to 6 inches long and emit a pleasant odor similar to mint, basil, and lemon.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 May 2024
  • Some steels will emit more carbon in the rust removal process than others.
    — Tony Carrick, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2023
  • By June, the smoke emitted from the wildfires reached the highest amount ever recorded in the country.
    — Stephanie Ebbs, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2023

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