How to Use emit in a Sentence

emit

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  • The brakes emitted a loud squeal.
  • The telescope can detect light emitted by distant galaxies.
  • Although atoms can indeed absorb light and then re-emit it, this process doesn't preserve the original direction of the light.
    — Wired, 13 Aug. 2022
  • That means dinosaurs may have witnessed the soft evening glow emitted by the bioluminescent insects.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Microbes can also emit methane in low-oxygen environments.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • As a species, our activities emit about 42 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide every year.
    — Pawan Mehra, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Tonsil stones give off an unpleasant smell due to the sulfur compounds emitted by the bacteria living on them, explains Klenoff.
    — Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
  • One hears the frequent admonishment that rich, developed nations that emit the largest amount of greenhouse gases must also do their share to lower those emissions.
    — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The technology uses tags that emit an electromagnetic signal which nearby receivers pick up.
    — Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2022
  • But in reality the ants are only responding to certain chemicals—in the first case, one that serves as a kind of distress call, and, in the second, ones emitted by a carcass.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The challenge lay not just in creating a white-appearing substance, but in developing a material that would actually emit white light when charged.
    — Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • One way to improve the environmental footprint of electric transportation is to use steel wheels instead of rubber tires, which emit harmful substances during abrasion and production.
    — Nadezhda Kosareva, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • The candle still emits its scent when it's not being burned.
    — Michelle Rostamian, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • It’s only emitted as the turkey flows from half-strut to peak strut.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
  • And research shows that gas stoves emit the greenhouse gas methane.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • When the Sun goes down, this emits an eerie and enigmatic glow, to help guide you through those deep dark nights in the wilderness.
    — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The device will emit flashes to disable the hair follicles.
    — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024

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