How to Use emotion in a Sentence

emotion

noun
  • She was overcome with emotion at the news of her friend's death.
  • The defendant showed no emotion when the verdict was read.
  • But a tidal wave of emotions pushed the words buried deep in his chest to the shores of his lips.
    — Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
  • There’s all types of emotion and things that happen to the league.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2022
  • There’s all types of emotion and things that happen to the league.
    — Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2022
  • That heightened the emotions around some of those scenes.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The singers are asked for grandeur and extreme emotion.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • To hug them and hold them and just look them in the eye and feel that emotion of being in the same place.
    — Karen M. Peterson, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023
  • That hasn't stopped the project from stirring up a lot of emotions in Law.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
  • There are stories — or nuggets of them — as the emotion of the music shifts.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • And, for that, there were tears and hugs and voices choked with emotion.
    — Steve Berkowitz, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Most if not all the fathers in the Cowboys’ draft room felt the emotions of Chris Vaughn.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • There’s just so much packed into the emotions of her songs.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 4 June 2023
  • Capture the range of emotions in this era with a mix of deep purples, pinks, and metallics.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The emerging British singer brought a lot of heart and emotion to the performance.
    — Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Quentin wiped tears from his eyes, from smoke or emotion or both.
    — New York Times, 18 May 2022
  • Our baseball crew caught up with some of the players to get their thoughts and emotions.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • This game was a big rivalry with a lot of emotion and up and down.
    — Anton Williams, al, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The 59-year-old mother of four showed no emotion as the verdict was read, video shows.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Fear can be a powerful emotion and there will be a bit of that over the next six weeks.
    — Ben Westcott, Bloomberg.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The episode kept Natalie in the spotlight and in her emotions.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
  • A year ago while giving 'The Command,' there was a hint of raw emotion in The Captain's voice.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2022
  • A year ago while giving 'The Command,' there was a hint of raw emotion in The Captain's voice.
    — Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 28 May 2022
  • Overcome with emotion, the boy started crying and gave the man a hug. ...
    — Ian Harrison, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2022
  • The growing crescent Moon in your sign paints your whole life in vivid shades of emotion.
    — Jennifer Culp, Them, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Rhodes and Jones showed little emotion in the courtroom.
    — oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2022
  • And for the day after the election, when emotions are running high?
    — Lindsay Kohler, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The scene, like the auditions, is stuffed with drama and emotion.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2022
  • And when this fraught menagerie was thrown into Europe’s most raucous street party, emotions would soon boil over.
    — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
  • Venus retrograde moving into your sign on the 27th may bring past connections or unresolved emotions back into focus.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025

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