How to Use emoji in a Sentence

emoji

noun
  • But the emoji that best describes the emotions of the one with the sad face.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2024
  • And there were, of course, lots of fire emojis to go around.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 6 May 2023
  • Tagged to the end of her text: a thumbs-up and sparkly heart emoji.
    Melissa Giannini, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, the – there’s a angry emoji all over the country.
    ABC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • That can come in many forms, like emojis, gifs, and memes, or just jokes.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The mom-to-be captioned the photo with three red heart emojis.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
  • James added a folding hands emoji, a salute emoji and a crown to the post.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Then there’s the quiet ones who will give a thumbs-up or a heart emoji.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • First Album – [four star emoji] Thank you to all of my fans and friends!
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 July 2023
  • Smiley emojis turned to winky ones, then to kissy ones.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Many of the video's comments just involve a string of red flag emojis.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In the wee hours of Monday morning, the heart emojis returned.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
  • And a whole lot of other people just left a ton of fire emojis.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 10 June 2023
  • Zolciak added two red hearts and a prayer emoji to the post.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Even Paris Hilton replied to Momsen's repost of the shots with a heart-eyed emoji.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Ramer responded to the text with a thumbs-up emoji and put down his phone.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Watch Sheeran’s pub crawl and check out the emoji below.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The first shot was a bird's eye view of the mom and daughter’s feet, complete with a cute painting nails emoji.
    Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
  • The note was signed off with a heart, while Mai also captioned the post with a single black heart emoji.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The star captioned the post with a sunglasses emoji, to match her own slight grin and oversized shades.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 27 May 2023
  • The black heart emoji is a simple heart emoji that is the color black instead of the usual red.
    Alexandra Schneider, Seventeen, 12 July 2023
  • There’s even a Change.org petition to add it to our emoji roster!
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • Booker responded with an emoji of a hand over the face.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The post ends with a knife emoji, followed by a hatchet emoji and three drops of blood emojis.
    Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • After it was posted, the crooner retweeted the video, adding a hand heart emoji.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The flexing arm emoji (💪) — to be tattooed on her bicep.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The gifts, which are equivalent to money, are TikTok coins in the form of emojis and stickers.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
  • When in doubt, sprinkle in an American flag emoji or two—and you're set.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 June 2023
  • The giveaway: the text was punctuated with a ring emoji.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Go easy on the emojis Go easy on the emojis, exclamations, quotes, colors and fonts in your emails.
    Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023

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