emanate
verb
em·a·nate
ˈe-mə-ˌnāt 
emanated; emanating
: to come out from a source
a sweet scent emanating from the blossoms
: emit
she seems to emanate an air of serenity
Examples of emanate in a Sentence
Good smells emanated from the kitchen.
Constant criticism has emanated from her opponents.
Happiness seems to emanate from her.
She seems to emanate happiness.
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
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This particular episode of , emanating from the historic Madison Square Garden in New York City, is already significant.
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The poem’s center is New York City from the 1960s to the early twenty-first century; time and memory, jazz, intimate relationships, and events such as September 11, AIDS and the climate crisis, the Vietnam and Iraq Wars, emanate from it.
—Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 23 Oct. 2025
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
City officials are also planning multiple new projects in 2026 and 2027 that will allow Miramar to transform more methane gas emanating from the trash into energy.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
This particular episode of , emanating from the historic Madison Square Garden in New York City, is already significant.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The poem’s center is New York City from the 1960s to the early twenty-first century; time and memory, jazz, intimate relationships, and events such as September 11, AIDS and the climate crisis, the Vietnam and Iraq Wars, emanate from it.
—Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Emanate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emanate. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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emanate
verb
em·a·nate
ˈem-ə-ˌnāt
emanated; emanating
1
: to come out from a source
a scent emanating from the flowers
2
: emit sense 1a, give out
seems to emanate confidence
emanation
noun
ˌem-ə-ˈnā-shən
emanational
adjective
-shnəl
-shən-ᵊl
emanative
adjective
ˈem-ə-ˌnāt-iv
Medical Definition
emanate
verb
em·a·nate
ˈem-ə-ˌnāt
emanated; emanating
: to come out from a source
: to give out or emit
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