How to Use radiate in a Sentence

radiate

verb

• The sun radiates heat and light.
• Heat radiates from the sun.
• The pain was radiating down my arm.
• Floating stairs lead to the fourth floor, where three of the home’s four bedrooms radiate off a square hall.
  — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• The film radiates a love of The Boss that’s as sloppily grandiose as my own — and maybe yours, too.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• At least 17 dust rings appear to radiate from a pair of stars.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
• But, all the while, there was the back pain that had radiated since summer league.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023
• Even if the cracks radiate out like a spiderweb, there’s a fix.
  — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2022
• The sides of adjacent homes were burned from the heat that radiated off the fire at the construction site.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• The mesh sides of this fire pit radiate heat outward and provide 360-degree views of your flames at work.
  — Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2022
• Faith Pinho: Alicia Cameli radiates warmth with a big smile that feels like a hug.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• Nearby, the fire pit area radiates warmth, setting the stage for gatherings of all kinds.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2023
• These sudden movements radiate outward from the fault as seismic waves, which cause the ground to shake.
  — Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 June 2022
• Poland also plans to join the high-speed club with routes planned to radiate from Warsaw to Lodz, Wroclaw and Poznan.
  — Ben Jones, CNN, 6 July 2022
• From the small depression where the fire had been, cracks in the stone, created by the heat, radiated outward.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• Stars don’t radiate much at these wavelengths and so appear much fainter.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2023
• The majority of the meteors will seem to radiate from around that area.
  — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2022
• The energy from the Big Bang has been radiating throughout the universe for millions of years.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2023
• The only thing worse than a migraine is migraine pain that starts radiating down your neck.
  — The Glamour Editors, Glamour, 27 June 2023
• The experimental songstress surfaced in a spiky gown, radiating like a sparkling urchin in the dark.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• In just a few seconds, a gamma-ray burst blasts out the same amount of energy that the Sun will radiate throughout its entire life.
  — Eleonora Troja, The Conversation, 21 Dec. 2022
• The black-pink, two-tone effect of Miley’s gown manifests the soft-goth trend, while the tulle construction radiates princess vibes.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 10 Mar. 2023
• Rechargeable hand warmers are electric devices that radiate heat to warm up your hands—think of them like tiny space heaters.
  — Lacey Muinos, Health, 27 July 2023
• The Lyrids will appear to radiate from the constellation Lyra (which is easy to spot thanks to its inclusion of Vega, one of the brightest stars).
  — Michael D'estries, Treehugger, 31 Mar. 2023
• Leathery fronds with wavy edges radiate from the center of the plant to create a striking vase shape that vaguely resembles a nest.
  — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2023
• This will also clear out any fog and low clouds in the region, allowing more sunlight to radiate across the valleys and coastline.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2023
• An unveiling video shows what look like waves of energy, sound and lights radiating from the new logo and cans.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
• The style, which has cycled in and out of popularity over the decades, has often radiated bad-boy vibes.
  — Todd Plummer, wsj.com, 15 Apr. 2023
• Materials that radiate in that range can expel excess heat and cool themselves in the process in a phenomenon called passive radiative cooling.
  — Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
• Earth’s core, at a scorching 6,000 °C, radiates heat through layers of magma, continental crust, and sedimentary rock.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024