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emote

verb

Definition of emote

as in to drool

to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly.

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Recent Examples of emote Beyond motion imitation, LinkCraft adds a Voice Performance feature that enables robots to speak and emote naturally. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025 According to the outlet, Lawrence does get Botox (but doesn't get fillers) and understands the implications injectables in her forehead might have on her acting and her ability to emote. — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025 The big number arrives, characters emote, high notes ring and ring and ring again … and the aria subsides unmemorably, without leaving the ozone tang that signals a bolt of musical lightning. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025 Tabitha didn't seem to know how to emote on camera. — Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for emote

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Who had broken a wrist on the back-yard flagstones, drooled cherry medicine down her sleeping face on the car ride back from the hospital.

— Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
Stuff like Caitlin Clark getting mugged with no foul being called, or Sophie Cunningham pointing at some obnoxious player, or ESPN drooling over a coach wearing a pro-trans shirt.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of drool

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In Agamemnon’s memory, Clytemnestra is as soft as Helen is hard, as fawning as Helen is resentful.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Fuentes enjoyed a brief flare of mainstream publicity last year, culminating in a fawning interview with former Republican kingmaker and broadcaster Tucker Carlson.

— Will Carless, USA Today, 10 July 2026

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