emote
verb (used without object)
to show or pretend emotion.
emoting
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present participleof emote.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The incomparable star is a vision in studded white or powder-blue jumpsuits—cavorting, emoting, karate-chopping and spreading the bat wings of his sewn-on cape in a move that never fails to thrill the audience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Songs like “No Good Deed” and “March of the Witch Hunters” are chopped up and rearranged to allow for more dialogue and less emoting, distending the film into a bloated heap.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2025
Which was something I’d never been asked to do before, to trust that the audience will still hopefully be invested, even if there’s not a lot of emoting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
What the state is wrestling with, and the public is emoting about, is the coming end of the internal combustion engine.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Nansi is just eyes and a nose now, but that doesn’t stop him from emoting pure annoyance.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
