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emotion

[ih-moh-shuhn] / ɪˈmoʊ ʃən /


Usage

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The noun emotion refers to a feeling that is intensified: agitated by emotion. Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so powerful that it takes over the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger. Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, especially refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment. Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing.


Example Sentences

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With a tap into the hole, a look to the sky and a release of emotion, another chapter of golfing history was complete.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

One man stood by the entrance of the Al-Qibli prayer hall, handing out paper tissues to worshippers overcome with emotion.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

"I think when Jeremy spelled Carroll's name .... I think for me that is when I was overwhelmed with emotion and I looked over and Christina was crying," Reid said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Our brains get to use that experience almost as a learning process, to think about, “How can I regulate this emotion? How would I respond in the real world?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

She had dust on her face, a clean ring around each eye, and there was an emotion there that I had never seen directed at me.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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