emoting

Example Sentences

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The incomparable star is a vision in studded white or powder-blue jumpsuits—cavorting, emoting, karate-chopping and spreading the bat wings of his sewn-on cape in a move that never fails to thrill the audience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Songs like “No Good Deed” and “March of the Witch Hunters” are chopped up and rearranged to allow for more dialogue and less emoting, distending the film into a bloated heap.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

Theater can seem trivial to people, people standing onstage and emoting in some way, but it does so much for a person.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

It’s an odd choice, at least until you put that against the fact that the other blocking option available in this restricted space is turning and simply emoting directly to the audience instead.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

Nansi is just eyes and a nose now, but that doesn’t stop him from emoting pure annoyance.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer