How to Use emit in a Sentence

emit

verb
  • The brakes emitted a loud squeal.
  • The telescope can detect light emitted by distant galaxies.
  • The rocks and the soil emit all that heat in turn, which then becomes trapped in the depths of the valley.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 19 July 2023
  • The plane was already aflame and emitting thick, black smoke, the video shows.
    Gregory Wallace, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The process emits about 10 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of hydrogen.
    Matthias Mueller, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2023
  • But over the decades, the French King Bridge came to emit another kind of siren song.
    Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • The candle still emits its scent when it's not being burned.
    Michelle Rostamian, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
  • This coating is what burns and produces the bright light that sparklers emit.
    Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2022
  • Lights with Kelvin ratings of 3000 or less give off a warmer glow and emit less blue light.
    Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Sherman plies him for details about the places in the plant that emit carbon.
    Wired, 29 July 2022
  • Giant fires can emit sparks that, when blown by the wind, can travel up to five miles ahead of the fire.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
  • That meant the corona was 200 times hotter than the surface, where the heat and light are emitted.
    Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The water parted, the boat emitting tiny waves on either side of the hull.
    Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
  • Such units pull oxygen from the room and emit heat and carbon dioxide.
    Andrew Waite, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Mind you; the objects don't emit a single wavelength of light.
    Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • For context, one private jet can emit two tons of CO2 in just an hour.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Behind her is a mattress with white sheets, on the floor, and two wall sconces emitting warm light.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023
  • When hit by photons, the dots emit electrons that flow across the graphene sheet to produce a current.
    The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • It’s only emitted as the turkey flows from half-strut to peak strut.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
  • And research shows that gas stoves emit the greenhouse gas methane.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • When the Sun goes down, this emits an eerie and enigmatic glow, to help guide you through those deep dark nights in the wilderness.
    New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The dark green leaves can grow to 4 to 6 inches long and emit a pleasant odor similar to mint, basil, and lemon.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 May 2024
  • Some steels will emit more carbon in the rust removal process than others.
    Tony Carrick, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2023
  • By June, the smoke emitted from the wildfires reached the highest amount ever recorded in the country.
    Stephanie Ebbs, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • According to one reviewer, the lights emit a soft warm glow that enhances the fall vibes in their home.
    Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Much ado has been made about the blue light our devices emit, but the ways in which tech hijacks our sleep go far deeper than that.
    Julie Jargon, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2023
  • WaterSense badge can't emit more than 2.0 gallons per minute.
    Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 19 July 2022
  • These panels use pixels that emit their own light, avoiding the need for a backlight.
    Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 3 Aug. 2024
  • In its Diffused mode, the tool warms an entire room; its Jet Focus mode emits powerful bursts of air.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
  • These lasers emit short bursts (pulses) of laser light to areas 13 to 15 millimeters (mm) in diameter (about half an inch).
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024

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