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 Proving his ability to emote was critical to Botha’s hiring; keeping feelings in check eventually proved just as important. Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024 But no amount of camouflage can hide Boutella’s uncanny ability to emote through her eyes — the evocative intensity of her gaze provides her lonely aliens, demonic princesses, and vengeance-seeking warriors with robust, unspoken motivations. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 But Slimane emotes all over the stage, and his insinuating vocals slide you right past the ick of it all. Glen Weldon, NPR, 9 May 2024 On top of the technical stuff, the kid can emote like someone who's lived, well, much more than 15 years. Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 9 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for emote 
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  • Common symptoms of a rapid squirrel include walking in circles, falling over, drooling, aggression, and seizures and muscle spasms, Critter Control reports.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • And Terry's pitch-perfect execution had her followers drooling.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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  • Throughout his presidency, Trump fawned over such dictators.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But at Lupi & Iris, helmed by James Beard Award-winner Adam Seigel, restraint is an art, and the food, inspired by the French and Italian Riviera, needn’t be flashy nor festooned to be fawned over.
    Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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  • The gizmo also includes haptic alerts that can wake you—but not your partner—if your child is fussing.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
  • While some parents are fine with sleep training methods that involve lengthy separations from their babies, and a fair amount of crying and fussing, for other parents, these methods just don’t feel right.1 That’s where gentle sleep training come into play.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 17 Sep. 2024

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“Emote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emote. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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