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Definition

to come out, or to appear

emerged = came out (became)

emerged = came out

Democracy emerged in Greece 2,500 years ago.
The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- I Have a Dream

emerges = appears (or comes out)

I see the soft figure of a woman emerge from the shadows.
Gayle Forman -- If I Stay

emerge = to come out, or to appear

emerging = appearing

But I find comfort in it, in the idea of a pattern, of a narrative of my life taking shape, like a photograph in a darkroom, a story that slowly emerges and affirms the good I have always wanted to see in myself.
Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed

emerges = comes out (becomes visible)

emerged = came out of, or appeared

At some point in the process, Mack attempted to emerge from his own pain and grief, at least with his family.
William P. Young -- The Shack

emerge = come out

he composed his face slowly, holding her hand a long time and forming sentences that did not emerge.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night

emerge = come out

And then one day you emerged from the coma.
Robert Cormier -- After the First Death

emerged = came out of

They emerged at last from the ravine into the full sunlight.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

emerged = came out of

emerging = beginning to form (come out)

But whatever the reason, this question had just somehow emerged, as unexpected to me as I knew it was to her.
Sarah Dessen -- Lock and Key

emerged = come out

I explained our position, and that we certainly could not hope to emerge from the cave in daylight, unseen.
John Wyndham -- The Chrysalids

emerge = come out of

...certain realizations emerged, as if they too had a life, a schedule urging them into the realm of conscious knowledge.
Gish Jen -- Typical American

emerged = came out, or appeared

Bit by bit, straining my short patience to its utmost limit, the story of Hiram Wallace emerged.
Katherine Paterson -- Jacob Have I Loved

emerged = came out

And that's when Wally emerged from his shell.
Jay Asher -- Thirteen Reasons Why

emerged = came out of

Standing behind him, Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, which had just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

emerged = appeared (newly able to be seen as night turned into day)

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