How to Use emerge in a Sentence

emerge

verb
  • The cat emerged from its hiding place behind the couch.
  • She has emerged as a leading contender in the field.
  • His war record has emerged as a key issue in the election.
  • The facts emerged after a lengthy investigation.
  • Several possible candidates have emerged.
  • The bullpen emerged as the team’s lone and glaring weakness in the first stretch.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 May 2023
  • The idea is the same: Bees emerging in spring need food.
    Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Expect more themes to emerge in the hours and days ahead.
    James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Some have emerged alive and well, some have been found dead.
    Jenny Jarvie, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • But then the Djokovic that the tennis world has come to know and fear the past dozen years emerged.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 June 2023
  • Nor did the story emerge in 2017, when #MeToo swept the country.
    Tess McNulty, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • For the first time, a tie emerged between the missing women.
    Claire Lempert, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Miles Battle is one of the new pieces that could emerge as one of the team’s top corners.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • With the current incarnation of the Avatar yet to emerge, the world has lost hope.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Democrats didn’t emerge unscathed from the midterm elections.
    Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Along the Yolo Causeway thousands of bats emerge from the underpass like a wave over the sky.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • But there’s little sense of who might emerge from a three-way race to be her running mate.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022
  • DJ Uiagalelei used his first start at Notre Dame to emerge as a future star.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Before the end of the hour, Woods would emerge with more than just a smile and some words of encouragement.
    Scott Talley, Freep.com, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Here's what to know about the two cicada broods emerging this year.
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
  • This is the tale of one such life — that of a man whose full story would not emerge until decades later.
    Adam Hochschild, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022
  • But if Tyler does crack the starting lineup, then the opening would be there for Victor Oladipo to emerge as the spark off the bench.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The plot now thickens, with sea ice, of all things, emerging as a major player.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The film was a box office flop upon release in 1999 but emerged as a cult classic in the years that followed.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
  • On the edges of whatever structure is built next, new suns will emerge, and with them new planets.
    WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The Park Service said green leaves are starting to emerge on the cherry trees, a sign the bloom period will soon end.
    Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In one picture, a police officer emerges from the drain with the puppy in hand.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Once the staff has been struck, the replacement guards emerge from a corner door, descend some steps and slow step to the coffin.
    Juliet Butler, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2022
  • There are a few strands in this emerging, important debate to draw out.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • So Is Trump being played or will something tangible emerge?
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025

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