How to Use emerge in a Sentence

emerge

verb
  • The cat emerged from its hiding place behind the couch.
  • She has emerged as a leading contender in the field.
  • His war record has emerged as a key issue in the election.
  • The facts emerged after a lengthy investigation.
  • Several possible candidates have emerged.
  • The bullpen emerged as the team’s lone and glaring weakness in the first stretch.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 May 2023
  • Some have emerged alive and well, some have been found dead.
    Jenny Jarvie, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • But then the Djokovic that the tennis world has come to know and fear the past dozen years emerged.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 June 2023
  • For the first time, a tie emerged between the missing women.
    Claire Lempert, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Miles Battle is one of the new pieces that could emerge as one of the team’s top corners.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • With the current incarnation of the Avatar yet to emerge, the world has lost hope.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The plot now thickens, with sea ice, of all things, emerging as a major player.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The film was a box office flop upon release in 1999 but emerged as a cult classic in the years that followed.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 30 Oct. 2023
  • On the edges of whatever structure is built next, new suns will emerge, and with them new planets.
    WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The Park Service said green leaves are starting to emerge on the cherry trees, a sign the bloom period will soon end.
    Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The social media networks that have emerged since have driven many of us apart.
    Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Judging by the catwalks, there’s no one coat that’s emerging as the outerwear of the season.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Add a 1-inch layer of pea gravel to anchor the plant, but do not cover the crown where leaves are emerging.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In the quest for smoother and more toned skin, collagen has emerged as a promising solution.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2023
  • Inland port projects keep emerging across Utah, and a lot of them include wetlands.
    Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • McLeod had split from her ex-fiancée after troubling signs emerged.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • Three months after the deaths, no arrests have been made and conflicting details have emerged.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 21 June 2023
  • By the time Miles emerged from his Hill Country chrysalis, people recognized and approached him.
    Avery Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
  • But really what emerges over the course of the book is a picture of someone who is a little too soft for the world and deals with this by acting far too hard.
    Rachel Connolly, The New Republic, 17 July 2023
  • One body slightly raised up for a moment, appearing to emerge like a moth from its hardened chrysalis.
    Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 28 July 2023
  • This year there isn’t enough tax revenue for any Democratic spending plan that has emerged.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
  • But over the past decade, a mass of images has begun to emerge and institutions have become more willing to show them.
    Julia Halperin, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Footage recorded of Irving shows her emerging triumphant — with her lump of precious cheese.
    Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
  • Throughout pop culture history, the trio has emerged as a timeless and cherished trope.
    EW.com, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Since finning regulations picked up, shark meat markets have emerged in full force.
    Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024

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