Examples of emoticon in a Sentence
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When reached for comment by Fortune about his exclusion from Reddit’s S-1 filing, Ohanian replied with a shrug emoticon: ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
Reddit declined to comment.
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Paolo Confino, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
The humble emoji—and its older cousin, the emoticon—has infiltrated the corporate world, especially in tech.
—Lora Kelley, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2023
Ellison replied with a sad-face emoticon, which seemed to have understated her emotional volatility.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
The new designs feature the band's iconic tongue emoticon and black and red colorways.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
On November 20, Hsu posted a very suggestive photo of herself with Liu with only a smiley face emoticon in the caption.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 June 2023
Decades of texting have seen emoticons made from colon and parenthesis replaced by more obvious and emotive emojis.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2023
On June 23, 2004, AVEN adopted cake as an official community emoticon.
—Courtney Lane, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2022
The outline of an emoticon.
—cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
Paolo Confino, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
The humble emoji—and its older cousin, the emoticon—has infiltrated the corporate world, especially in tech.
—Lora Kelley, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2023
Ellison replied with a sad-face emoticon, which seemed to have understated her emotional volatility.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
The new designs feature the band's iconic tongue emoticon and black and red colorways.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
On November 20, Hsu posted a very suggestive photo of herself with Liu with only a smiley face emoticon in the caption.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 June 2023
Decades of texting have seen emoticons made from colon and parenthesis replaced by more obvious and emotive emojis.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2023
On June 23, 2004, AVEN adopted cake as an official community emoticon.
—Courtney Lane, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2022
The outline of an emoticon.
—cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
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“Emoticon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emoticon. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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emoticon
noun
emo·ti·con
i-ˈmō-ti-ˌkän 
: a group of characters (as :-) for a smile) that suggests an attitude or facial expression
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