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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Then, the plant emits some sort of gas right into Devin’s face, and his mug once again becomes streaked in black.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 11 Jan. 2025
• Behind her is a mattress with white sheets, on the floor, and two wall sconces emitting warm light.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023
• And not when Texas moved to allow polluters to emit more of the chemical.
  — Maya Miller, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2021
• When hit by photons, the dots emit electrons that flow across the graphene sheet to produce a current.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
• The chances are solid that some portion of the time, the AI will be emitting remarks and instructions that are unsound.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
• Simply pull the pin, and the device will emit a blaring siren sound in combination with a strobe light that will draw attention to your situation and scare away would-be threats.
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2025