- present tense form of emanate (3rd person singular).
emanates
Example Sentences
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The light emanates from a glow-in-the-dark ice lolly.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The series emanates a sense of urgency without cooking up abnormally dramatic situations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Mr. Anderson drives home the point that the Smithsonian’s ethos emanates from its leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The pungent smell of death emanates from the Caracas morgue, an odour that thousands of liters of donated chlorine cannot mask.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
A faint hum emanates from the dark metal.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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