Example Sentences

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Emitting carbon emissions is also more expensive in Europe than elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Emitting an eerie green glow, they look like foliage from a retro computer game, but in fact they are light-emitting plants produced in a laboratory.

From The Guardian • Apr. 27, 2020

Emitting further whoops, he danced a jig, an actual jig, and then hurried off to the Zodiacs to have a closer look.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2016

Emitting a funny laugh, a kind of yip, he added, “How kitsch could it be?”

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2015

Emitting bird-like cries they swarmed forward, long spears pointing ahead at waist level.

From The Frightened Planet by Austen, Sidney