emoting

present participle of emote
as in drooling
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 emoting In the beginning of my career with him, the first year was about emoting more in different moments of the game. — Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Statham has no intention of delivering more than the minimum of dialogue, let alone emoting. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Despite the high tech projections and precise lighting and sound effects and the whole thing about people turning into rhinoceri, this a wondrously theatrical production, based on real people talking and emoting and screaming and waving their arms about. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
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Verb
  • All three judges are basically drooling over how much pure quickstep content is in this routine despite some framework issues and the mistake at the end.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Toward the end of the film, that kid is grown up and stuck in an incestuous relationship with his mother, while a nearly incapacitated Dau sits drooling nearby.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
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  • His stature will prevent draftniks from fawning over him, and even opponents aren’t immune to underestimating him in person.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Naturally, the Venice Film Festival was swiftly fawning over George Clooney on Wednesday, as the Oscar-winning star arrived (via boat, of course) to pick up his Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Similar to Egypt after its collapse earlier in the week, Switzerland exited fussing about the officiating.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • Yes, teaching by example is often a better way of handling a challenge than fussing about it.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 17 June 2026

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“Emoting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emoting. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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