How to Use emo in a Sentence

emo

noun
  • The twists are the cute emo cashier that keeps you coming back.
    Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 14 May 2021
  • The Cure marks the beginnings and peaks of both goth rock and emo.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
  • To them, and to the many people that Emo Nite serves, the success of the event is all part of the plan to bust down the doors for emo.
    Jessica Shalvoy, Variety, 10 June 2022
  • And the return of Paramore, one of the most iconic emo bands of the past 20 years, is only part of the reason.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2023
  • At the same time, emo DNA is everywhere in the mainstream.
    Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 28 July 2023
  • My lil emo cancer heart is soooo grateful for the best friends a girl could have.
    Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The song is a welcome return, with its blend of emo and post-hardcore.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 12 May 2022
  • Much of that community flowed around the edges of rap, emo, punk and trap.
    Kenan Draughornestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023
  • What transitioned me into that was the emo and scene days.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The emo kids ruled the internet during the early 2010s.
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Not to mention way more emo — The Cure and Joy Division both pop up.
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • On Wednesday, the beloved emo group released a whole batch of new dates for a reunion tour this fall.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The influence of bands like that stayed with us all the way through to our starting to play emo and punk ourselves.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Around that time, Stereogum criticized Laroi as a grifter on the emo-rap wave.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The free event will feature the best pop-punk and emo tunes, past and present, all night long, for attendees 21 years and older.
    Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 22 July 2021
  • The track takes pop, hip-hop, emo and screamo all into its stride for an intense trip into a wild night out in Paris.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The black and red color scheme of this outfit totally screams emo.
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 14 Dec. 2022
  • This song is in the pop punk, emo and alternative rock genres.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The iPod boom went with the rise of emo, backpack rap, and other mass-romantic cult genres.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2022
  • Fans hated Tobey Maguire’s emo hair and the movie’s odd detour into a jazz club.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The moment is so emo that any teen—regardless of era—could relate.
    Mekita Rivas, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Nov. 2021
  • His bass-heavy emo rap – fueled with an abundance of curse words – whipped the packed crowd into a frenzy.
    cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022
  • My Chemical Romance has proved that emo and arena rock are alive and well.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Lil Peep’s moody yet polished emo-rap was a key discovery.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Sad Breakfast, a creative emo response to a Happy Meal, had no nopales.
    Rodrigo Cervantes, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Daniel can credit the emo-rap track’s success largely to TikTok.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2022
  • My husband used to go to punk-rock or emo shows in this cave that used to be the beer-storage part of an old brewery; it was built into the side of a hill.
    Emma Alpern, Curbed, 5 Oct. 2021
  • For those who declared emo long dead and buried, let this song be a fist, bursting defiantly from the soil.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Dark tulips, nasturtiums, chocolate lace, and hellebore will all go straight to your emo goth’s heart.
    Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Yet, on the album’s second single, David Byrne goes into full emo mode.
    cleveland, 12 Aug. 2020

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