emote

as in to drool
to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly.

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Recent Examples of emote Glass models look more modern, while copper models tend to emote a vintage style. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025 And Haliburton let the opposing team know by emoting the famous gesture Reggie Miller did in 1994 after knocking down a game-tying stepback jumper to send Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals into overtime. Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025 These sinuous visual narratives play with scale, as larger figures seem to be emoting in the present while others appear ghostlike. Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025 This audacious approach meant that the Williams character had to look like an ape but otherwise emote and behave like a human in a believable way alongside human actors. Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for emote
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  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CWD can take months to years for symptoms to appear, which could include drastic weight loss, stumbling or lack of coordination, drooling and listlessness.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Naturally, the post attracted over 16,000 comments of women drooling over him.
    Essence, Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • Instead of supporting allies in NATO and Ukraine against aggressive Russian territorial expansion, the United States has proposed drastic cuts to defensive military support measures and played fawning host to Vladimir Putin.
    Time, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But there were – among the fawning compliments and the conviction an elusive peace was near – bits of good news for Ukraine.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • As the migrants boarded, a man hoisted one of the passengers in the air, a fussing 8-month-old baby whose face was flushed red from the heat.
    Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The final Queen of France was often homesick and would fuss about the performative nature of her aristocratic duties.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Emote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emote. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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