How to Use emo in a Sentence

emo

noun

• The twists are the cute emo cashier that keeps you coming back.
  — Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 14 May 2021
• This isn’t a show of emo bands and metal bands and hard-core bands.
  — Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 9 May 2018
• There are many, many, many emo songs built from texts from kids to parents.
  — Nathan Brackett, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
• They were not done bringing us into pure emo mode.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
• Jake Paul is being very emo in his pre-bout trash talk.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2025
• The music was great, and emo girls have long had a place at the table.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2025
• What was the Flo Milli emo era like?
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
• My lil emo cancer heart is soooo grateful for the best friends a girl could have.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
• The Cure marks the beginnings and peaks of both goth rock and emo.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
• The song is a welcome return, with its blend of emo and post-hardcore.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 12 May 2022
• Much of that community flowed around the edges of rap, emo, punk and trap.
  — Kenan Draughornestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023
• Imagine rock music as jazz as Drain Gang-style emo rap.
  — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
• The black and red color scheme of this outfit totally screams emo.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 14 Dec. 2022
• This song is in the pop punk, emo and alternative rock genres.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• The moment is so emo that any teen—regardless of era—could relate.
  — Mekita Rivas, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Nov. 2021
• Someone who explored all kinds of music, from emo to hip-hop to country?
  — Michael Corcoran, ExpressNews.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• Have people warmed towards Paramore’s dropping of the mall emo look?
  — Chris Payne, Billboard, 12 May 2017
• Cosplayers have found a home on the app, along with new wave emo kids and the anime obsessed.
  — Julia Alexander, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2018
• This gothily phallocentric boy-band ethos is part of why mid-aughts emo still seems, to many, like a joke.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2017
• Just make sure to follow these four tricks of the trade so your color is more elegant princess than angsty emo.
  — Hallie Gould, Marie Claire, 3 Dec. 2013
• On Wednesday, the beloved emo group released a whole batch of new dates for a reunion tour this fall.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2020
• The influence of bands like that stayed with us all the way through to our starting to play emo and punk ourselves.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2022
• More amusingly, though, it’s wrapped up in emo aesthetics (bangs!
  — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
• A number of hard rock, emo, and metal bands will be taking the stage this year, along with some rap legends.
  — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
• But the aura is straight-up emo, giving Snoop a woozy troubadour vibe.
  — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
• Around that time, Stereogum criticized Laroi as a grifter on the emo-rap wave.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2021
• Don't cry too many tears, my fellow emo kids and skaters – Vans won spot numero dos in 48 states.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 25 May 2017
• The set, released in 2004, remains a standard in the emo world.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
• In Young’s Monday night telling, all of this felt raw and close to the surface and not like emo shtick at all.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
• The track takes pop, hip-hop, emo and screamo all into its stride for an intense trip into a wild night out in Paris.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2021