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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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
Now, the aim is to keep layoffs even more efficient—with fewer chances for ugly public scenes or communal emoting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Theater can seem trivial to people, people standing onstage and emoting in some way, but it does so much for a person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
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
Then she accompanied Miss Goodacre, who sang “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes” in what I considered to be a completely indifferent voice, all the while emoting heavily in Harry’s direction.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
