How to Use emoji in a Sentence

emoji

noun
  • But the emoji that best describes the emotions of the one with the sad face.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2024
  • And there were, of course, lots of fire emojis to go around.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 6 May 2023
  • Tagged to the end of her text: a thumbs-up and sparkly heart emoji.
    Melissa Giannini, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, the – there’s a angry emoji all over the country.
    ABC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The view from the top *insert mountain emoji* Call of the wild!
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2024
  • That can come in many forms, like emojis, gifs, and memes, or just jokes.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The mom-to-be captioned the photo with three red heart emojis.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
  • James added a folding hands emoji, a salute emoji and a crown to the post.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Then there’s the quiet ones who will give a thumbs-up or a heart emoji.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • First Album – [four star emoji] Thank you to all of my fans and friends!
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 July 2023
  • Smiley emojis turned to winky ones, then to kissy ones.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Many of the video's comments just involve a string of red flag emojis.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In the wee hours of Monday morning, the heart emojis returned.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The post included emojis of a knife, an ax and red drops.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Kehlani added an emoji of a face blowing out air to the screenshot.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022
  • The Harley Davidson brand showed the picture some love with a black heart emoji.
    Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2023
  • And a whole lot of other people just left a ton of fire emojis.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 10 June 2023
  • Zolciak added two red hearts and a prayer emoji to the post.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Even Paris Hilton replied to Momsen's repost of the shots with a heart-eyed emoji.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Ramer responded to the text with a thumbs-up emoji and put down his phone.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The Bengals were among the teams that responded with an emoji of hands in prayer.
    Leila Sackur, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Watch Sheeran’s pub crawl and check out the emoji below.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Quinto wrote, adding a mind blown emoji and tagging the theme park.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
  • The first shot was a bird's eye view of the mom and daughter’s feet, complete with a cute painting nails emoji.
    Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
  • On Thursday Shiffrin replied to Biles with two hearts in motion and a tears-welling emoji.
    Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Among the new emoji approved this month is a face with bags under its eyes.
    Ryan Heath, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The note was signed off with a heart, while Mai also captioned the post with a single black heart emoji.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The star captioned the post with a sunglasses emoji, to match her own slight grin and oversized shades.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 27 May 2023
  • Emotes: These are custom emojis used on Twitch to express reactions in the chat.
    Tanay Howard, Parents, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Though no one is tagged, Ashley commented on the photo with a heart emoji.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024

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