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.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 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
  • 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 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 source of the radiation was a hot spring that emanated radon.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Four long antennas, which emanate from the front of the probe like the spokes of a wheel, will collect data.
    James Steinbauer, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • The cause of the odor is believed to have emanated from someone or something in the cabin.
    Michael Bartiromo, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2018
  • The scorn doesn’t always emanate from the student section.
    Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • This is when the radiant that the meteors will seem to emanate from is highest in the sky.
    Eric MacK, Forbes, 26 June 2022
  • In many ways, Kyle Chaos and Bam Bedlam emanate from the same foundation.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Today, too, there are those who seek to extinguish the light that emanates from Zion.
    Jewish Journal, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The smell of smoke emanated from the old building on Main Street that had been gutted, while a pile of bricks lay in the middle of the roadway.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, those emanating from Chablis are among my favorite wines, white or red, in the world!
    Dave Eckert, kansascity.com, 24 May 2017
  • From the lacing hooks right down to the rigid, grippy sole, these boots emanate quality.
    Samson McDougall, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Giggles emanate from the back room as the women swing their hips and flip their hair back, trying to master the movements.
    Taylor Romine, CNN, 7 Nov. 2022
  • At its very root, the success of a high-performing team emanates from the mindset of each team member.
    Zach Fuller, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

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