Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gives off
Verb
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Green fireballs like the one Jenkins saw are often due to the presence of magnesium, which emits a bright blue-green light when heated and vaporized in the Earth's atmosphere, the museum said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026 -
Human technology – from TV towers to satellite and spacecraft communications – emits enough radio waves to create faint but detectable signals traveling through space.—
Mary Magnuson,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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My mom vents to me, my aunt asks me to intervene, and my grandmother just wants peace.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
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At first, Maia vents her frustrations with her attention-seeking friend.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2025
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Love drips off every auto-focus shot.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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The result is a warm, bold, addictive fragrance that drips with sensuality and femininity, down to the curves of its signature gold and glass figure-eight amphora.—
Claire Salinda,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Roughly 20% of crude and natural gas normally flows through the Strait of Hormuz, which remains all but closed to oil tankers and other shipping traffic because of the war.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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An estimated 9,000 gallons reached the San Diego River, which flows past Dog Beach.—
Point Loma-Ob Monthly,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Money trickles down to workers from caterers to carpenters to dry cleaners.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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More expensive fuel also trickles into other sectors, from transporting groceries to household utility bills.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Gives off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gives%20off. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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