How to Use emanate in a Sentence

emanate

verb
Definition of emanatenext
Synonyms for emanatenext
  • Good smells emanated from the kitchen.
  • Happiness seems to emanate from her.
  • She seems to emanate happiness.
  • Constant criticism has emanated from her opponents.
  • Forty groves of maple and oak trees emanate from the allée.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2021
  • The mountain holds and emanates heat the way blacktop does.
    — Holly Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2018
  • In the distance, the hum of an airboat emanated from the lake.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2023
  • The mood was light, laughter emanating from the back of the bus.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego U-T Preps, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Photo and video from the scene show heavy smoke and flames emanating from the back of the house.
    — Kevin Vellturo, courant.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Guests in the pews of the stunning church could feel the love emanating from the couple.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But the yellow light seems to emanate from the canvas, to reach for you, to catch you.
    — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Frost emanates from her touch and slowly envelops the set.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The source of the radiation was a hot spring that emanated radon.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The cause of the odor is believed to have emanated from someone or something in the cabin.
    — Michael Bartiromo, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2018
  • The forces shaping this do not all emanate from the White House, to be sure.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2020
  • This is when the radiant that the meteors will seem to emanate from is highest in the sky.
    — Eric MacK, Forbes, 26 June 2022
  • The scorn doesn’t always emanate from the student section.
    — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The clean notes give a nod to the aroma that emanate from New York laundries at the break of day.
    — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Much of the anti-work rhetoric seems to emanate from the United States.
    — Scott Schieman, Quartz, 1 Dec. 2022
  • In the first, the desire to pray does not emanate from the petitioner but from God.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 7 Aug. 2017
  • This is the kind emanating from a building engulfed in flames.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2019
  • Four long antennas, which emanate from the front of the probe like the spokes of a wheel, will collect data.
    — James Steinbauer, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • The officer smelled booze emanating from the man, who slurred his words.
    — John Benson, cleveland.com, 3 July 2019
  • Campbell told officers that demons seemed to emanate from beneath the stairs.
    — Marisa Kwiatkowski, Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2014
  • Beer, sweat and urine seemed to emanate from the crumbling mortar holding every brick in place.
    — Sally Higginson, chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2017
  • Fast radio bursts are pulses of radio waves that emanate from a distant point in the cosmos.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2020
  • From the lacing hooks right down to the rigid, grippy sole, these boots emanate quality.
    — Samson McDougall, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Seawater seeped through the hull, and a stench emanated from within.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The show is very adept with its tricks, many of which emanate from the flexible voice box of Ryan Knowles.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Post-surgery, pain emanated from deep inside my chest as if an ax was buried there.
    — Tara Ellison, Woman's Day, 14 Sep. 2019

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