How to Use emit in a Sentence

emit

verb

• The brakes emitted a loud squeal.
• The telescope can detect light emitted by distant galaxies.
• Both emit a strong, sweet odor.
  — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026
• Both emit a strong, sweet odor.
  — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026
• The sun emits the most light in blue and green.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2026
• Female blue ghosts stay on the ground and emit a very low light.
  — Eva Flowe july 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
• These ping pong balls were known to burst into flames and emit a lot of smoke.
  — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 26 Feb. 2026
• Look for a gas or electric fire table that emits a small flame.
  — Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 May 2026
• Onions emit a gas that causes potatoes to sprout.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
• That's nearly three times the amount that autos emit in a year.
  — Tom Krisher, ajc, 6 Aug. 2021
• Rather, this engine emits a more droning zing.
  — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 25 Feb. 2026
• The spices should emit a strong, vibrant aroma.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
• When brushed against or crushed, the leaves emit a pleasant mint aroma.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 3 June 2021
• This coating is what burns and produces the bright light that sparklers emit.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2022
• As the name suggests, the male blue ghost firefly emits a pale blue light.
  — Eva Flowe july 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
• This musk is emitted from two scent glands, one on either side of the vent.
  — Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
• Its belly emits a soft-glow light when your child gives it a little squeeze.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
• When pumped with enough energy, the sphere will emit the laser light on its own.
  — New Atlas, 13 July 2025
• The plane was already aflame and emitting thick, black smoke, the video shows.
  — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 10 Feb. 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
• 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
• Most hair and body sprays emit a barely-there scent trail that lasts for only a few hours.
  — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
• Such units pull oxygen from the room and emit heat and carbon dioxide.
  — Andrew Waite, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
• Peacock tail feathers can be treated to emit laser beams.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
• Some steels will emit more carbon in the rust removal process than others.
  — Tony Carrick, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2023
• Doppler radars emit pulses in wavelengths about the size of a baseball.
  — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 30 May 2025
• Cut down on electronics and other items that emit noise and light.
  — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 22 Apr. 2026
• Sherman plies him for details about the places in the plant that emit carbon.
  — Wired, 29 July 2022
• And research shows that gas stoves emit the greenhouse gas methane.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
• Mind you; the objects don't emit a single wavelength of light.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023