How to Use emanate in a Sentence

emanate

verb
  • Good smells emanated from the kitchen.
  • Happiness seems to emanate from her.
  • She seems to emanate happiness.
  • Constant criticism has emanated from her opponents.
  • The forces shaping this do not all emanate from the White House, to be sure.
    — Robert Lloyd, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The forces shaping this do not all emanate from the White House, to be sure.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2020
  • The forces shaping this do not all emanate from the White House, to be sure.
    — Robert Lloyd, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The forces shaping this do not all emanate from the White House, to be sure.
    — Robert Lloyd, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The forces shaping this do not all emanate from the White House, to be sure.
    — Robert Lloyd, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The forces shaping this do not all emanate from the White House, to be sure.
    — Robert Lloyd, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Forty groves of maple and oak trees emanate from the allée.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2021
  • In the distance, the hum of an airboat emanated from the lake.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2023
  • The mountain holds and emanates heat the way blacktop does.
    — Holly Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2018
  • But the yellow light seems to emanate from the canvas, to reach for you, to catch you.
    — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Much of the anti-work rhetoric seems to emanate from the United States.
    — Scott Schieman, Quartz, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The mood was light, laughter emanating from the back of the bus.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego U-T Preps, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Heat emanates from both sides and stays warm for three to four hours.
    — Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The clean notes give a nod to the aroma that emanate from New York laundries at the break of day.
    — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Photo and video from the scene show heavy smoke and flames emanating from the back of the house.
    — Kevin Vellturo, courant.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Guests in the pews of the stunning church could feel the love emanating from the couple.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Smog hung low over the field, and French jazz emanated from the bistro’s speakers.
    — Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The moon peeks out from the branches and emanates a halo of light, which pierces through the darkness.
    — Jane Park, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • The show is very adept with its tricks, many of which emanate from the flexible voice box of Ryan Knowles.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • In the first, the desire to pray does not emanate from the petitioner but from God.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Frost emanates from her touch and slowly envelops the set.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The love, the glitches, the sweat, the tears, the laughter and, and, and the love emanating from the audience was enormous.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • These claims have emanated from the top of the ticket and have gone well beyond Texas.
    — Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Stories of palace intrigue and heads on the chopping block don't emanate from the East Wing.
    — Kate Bennett, CNN, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Many of the zero-day exploits flagged for iPhone and Android devices in the last year have emanated from the forensic exploit world, and so this update is deemed critical.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Deeper within the planet, though, the surface might be emanating a faint red, due to incandescence resulting from being baked by its star.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025

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