How to Use emoji in a Sentence

emoji

noun
  • The caption ends with an emoji of two hands held together in prayer.
    Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2022
  • Liubov sent back an emoji with its eyes downcast in distress, then three prayer hands.
    New York Times, 3 May 2022
  • The post was accompanied by the number five and a three-star emoji.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Keep it short and sweet with an adorable emoji or long and lyrical with all the hashtags that can fit — the caption choice is yours.
    Seventeen, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Palmer's followers were obsessed with the entire vibe and her comment section was a sea of fire and heart-eye emojis.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 23 Sep. 2024
  • This snack has its own emoji, comes in flavors like pumpkin spice, mocha and banana, and is now available as an aromatherapy scent.
    The Conversation, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Another mentioned focus week, and posted an emoji of a rollercoaster.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The emoji really isn’t a modern concept, simply a pictograph rendered in a digital form.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 27 Apr. 2022
  • But in a group chat, the emoji can create a flood of individual messages and notifications, which can become annoying.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Harper Grohl, whose father is Nirvana alum Dave Grohl, also commented with heart and teary, smiling emojis.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Atop the frame balance an apple and one of Crivelli’s mysterious green vegetables, which looks like an emoji for which the referent has been forgotten.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 June 2022
  • Other apps: Messages Messages supports using generic emoji as Tapbacks.
    Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Musk posted a photo of Gates wearing a blue polo shirt stretched across his stomach next to an emoji of a pregnant man, and captioned the images with a crass observation about Gates’s girth.
    Washington Post, 1 May 2022
  • As if to add insult to injury, James tweeted an emoji of an ice cube in the closing seconds — a nod to Young — as the Hawks were ending Cleveland’s season.
    oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2022
  • An exhausted face with bags beneath its eyes is among eight new emoji recently been approved by the Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit that sets emoji standards.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • 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

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