How to Use emotional in a Sentence

emotional

adjective
  • He's a very emotional person.
  • And all the actors were in a very amped up emotional space.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023
  • There are a lot of emotional beats mixed in with comedic ones.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Hearing the words come off the page, in my voice, was emotional.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Jean Tatlock is one of the most crucial emotional parts of the film.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • Harder to spot are the emotional scars that run throughout the city.
    Will Lanzoni, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2023
  • This was not the sort of doctor who got so emotional and did fist pumps.
    Maria Kefalas, STAT, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The emotional lyrics reference challenges faced by the group over the years.
    Marianne Garvey, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The star also opened up about the emotional side of returning to work.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Joe Ahrens: That was very emotional because that was the end of something so huge that grew for 33 years of my life.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • But even in his emotional farewell post, Seacrest hinted that viewers hadn’t seen the last of him.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • The records rather reflect back the emotional state of the writers and musicians who played them.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The job required emotional grit, physical strength and a splash of naïveté.
    Kalia Richardson, New York Times, 24 May 2023
  • At the time, tending to the emotional needs of a dog in a kennel was considered novel.
    Sam Apple, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The British singer and songwriter recruited the three-piece band to bring the weight of their own emotional baggage to the studio.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
  • This sequence has a lot going: fights, a car chase, jokes, and emotional beats.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2024
  • If that first concert is a stop on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, the emotional stakes are often through the roof.
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
  • There's a great, dark mystery in the heart of the forest; there are all these things that are really heavy and emotional.
    Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Fans in the Weverse chat defended the BTS member’s choice to share the emotional song.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This passage is for the emotional dads who love to see their kids come home for vacation.
    Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 9 May 2023
  • Matthew and his wife Kelly shared an emotional kiss as the quarterback knelt on the ground with his children.
    Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Long hours, student loan debt, verbal abuse from angry owners and the emotional toll of the job all play a part.
    Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Kelly is released from training camp in the show’s third episode in what is one of the more emotional training camp cuts.
    Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2024
  • Edwin doesn’t let his grandson get away with the emotional brushoff.
    Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But in between this, the film has to also be in line with the book, where Celie suffers physical and emotional abuse over decades.
    Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • This was a 14- or 15-page scene, so that’s three days of filming that goes into a heightened emotional moment and then ends with the big fight.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
  • All of the girls seem to be doing well, aside from occasional emotional storms based on their age and stage.
    Amy Dickinson, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
  • But the emotional ties that have been built since Smart left Alabama coach Nick Saban’s staff made up for at least some of that.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Venus’ entrance to Aquarius and your zone of home and roots intensify your need for emotional security.
    USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Then again, so is the emotional explanation provided by filmmaker David Lynch, who was in the crowd at the Beatles’ Coliseum show.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024

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