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emote

[ih-moht] / ɪˈmoʊt /


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It released the emote as part of a Charli XCX-themed concert within Dress to Impress, a popular game available on the platform.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025

But it also pre-dates many other traditions which may be why Lee and other stars seem freer to emote.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2024

Last year, Epic Games filed a motion to dismiss the case, alleging that Hanagami’s “How Long” moves and their “Fortnite” emote were not “substantially similar.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

Yeoh, given carte blanche to emote, showed that feeling could be conveyed in an acceptance speech that was largely polished and non-self-aggrandizing.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2023

They brood; they emote; but the idea that they are murderous is a cultural libel.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Players of the game have called on Epic Games to remove emotes and cosmetics associated with D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

She emotes, she has a developed backstory, and she delivers some of the film’s most compelling dialogue with confident gusto.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025

An editor helps cut together clips of her Twitch streams and format content for different platforms, and a graphic designer optimizes her YouTube thumbnails, creates custom-emoji-style reactions called emotes and animations.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2022

When she described how she emotes, she kept likening herself to a prehistoric man, standing at the edge of an ocean, slowly gaining sentience: “ ‘Who the hell am I?’” she said.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

One thing that wasn’t mentioned at all in the update was last week’s massive leak of content that revealed new characters, skins, weapons, and emotes that the developers are working on.

From The Verge ● Mar. 28, 2022

At this point, everyone has already emoted to the ballads and swaggered to the raps, and all that’s left to do is jump and down belting, “Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh ohh.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

When she has emoted, it has usually been on Instagram or Twitter.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

And after he was right, he emoted just how we would feel, too.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2021

As in her “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” confessionals, she rarely emoted while talking.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2020

Later, she had become a soubrette and a star in merry little plays in which she sang and danced and "emoted," all in one evening.

From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous

But his performance still emphasizes full-bodied emoting as much as his dialogue delivery, if not more.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

Now, the aim is to keep layoffs even more efficient—with fewer chances for ugly public scenes or communal emoting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

This one’s for when you feel like crumbling into your insecure teenage self and emoting breathily about how it feels like every time you try to fly, you fall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

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

It seemed as if the shaft sighed every time steam rose from it, as if emoting a whisper of anticipation.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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