How to Use em in a Sentence

em

noun

• Spare them the em-dashes and emojis!
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Jan. 2026
• Your doom-scrolling brain will thank you for the circadian rhythm reset, and your groggy self will appreciate the thoughtful up-and-at-em assist.
  — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2026
• The show has now been replaced by season 2 of Ransom Canyon, the romance drama which is not the cowboy shoot-em-up that the title may imply.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
• With nods to films of the samurai and shoot-em-up genres, Beetz gives the physical performance of a lifetime, wielding swords and firing guns at a building full of evil yuppies.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
• Home plate umpire and crew chief Doug Eddings issued the hooks after José Caballero was caught stealing second on a bang-bang, strike-em-out, throw-em-out double play.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026
• In Geekbench, the A18 Pro’s single-core speeds weren't terribly far behind the A16’s <em>multi-core<\/em> speeds.
  — PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
• The author contends that traditional lock-em-up approaches have failed to address the root causes that lead to reoffending, such as untreated addictions and lack of job skills, and that the California model, adapted from successful European practices, produces better neighbors upon release.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026