How to Use emit in a Sentence

emit

verb

• The brakes emitted a loud squeal.
• The telescope can detect light emitted by distant galaxies.
• The rocks and the soil emit all that heat in turn, which then becomes trapped in the depths of the valley.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 19 July 2023
• The plane was already aflame and emitting thick, black smoke, the video shows.
  — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
• In the video, one of the agents threw a device that appeared to emit some sort of smoke.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
• The process emits about 10 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of hydrogen.
  — Matthias Mueller, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Aug. 2023
• But over the decades, the French King Bridge came to emit another kind of siren song.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• That's nearly three times the amount that autos emit in a year.
  — Tom Krisher, ajc, 6 Aug. 2021
• The snakes are also known for emitting a foul-smelling odor.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
• When pumped with enough energy, the sphere will emit the laser light on its own.
  — New Atlas, 13 July 2025
• The candle still emits its scent when it's not being burned.
  — Michelle Rostamian, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
• This coating is what burns and produces the bright light that sparklers emit.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2022
• The new tanks in St. James Parish are permitted to emit about 270 pounds per day.
  — Ingrid Lobet, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2021
• Lights with Kelvin ratings of 3000 or less give off a warmer glow and emit less blue light.
  — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
• As if by magic, the faux flame goes out, and a quick puff of fake smoke is emitted.
  — Maya Handelsman, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2025
• Holding down the front button emits a cold shot of air to lock in your style at the end of the drying process.
  — Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
• Sherman plies him for details about the places in the plant that emit carbon.
  — Wired, 29 July 2022
• When brushed against or crushed, the leaves emit a pleasant mint aroma.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 3 June 2021
• Giant fires can emit sparks that, when blown by the wind, can travel up to five miles ahead of the fire.
  — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
• The wealthy consume far more resources and emit far more carbon than the rest of us.
  — Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 18 Mar. 2021
• And Ernie would emit a great big yawn, or a yelp, or a prolonged, chirruping cry.
  — Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
• That meant the corona was 200 times hotter than the surface, where the heat and light are emitted.
  — Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
• The water parted, the boat emitting tiny waves on either side of the hull.
  — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
• Such units pull oxygen from the room and emit heat and carbon dioxide.
  — Andrew Waite, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
• Doppler radars emit pulses in wavelengths about the size of a baseball.
  — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 30 May 2025
• Cicadas emit a high-pitched buzzing that can reach up to 100 decibels.
  — Denise Chow, NBC news, 21 May 2025
• Mind you; the objects don't emit a single wavelength of light.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• For context, one private jet can emit two tons of CO2 in just an hour.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2023
• The sea journey emits considerable amounts of CO2 in the process.
  — Natalie Donback, Time, 31 July 2025
• Some come from the sun, while others are emitted by black holes and exploding stars from faraway galaxies.
  — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2025