All 5 Uses of
emerge
in
The Great Gatsby
- The silhouette of a moving cat wavered across the moonlight, and turning my head to watch it, I saw that I was not alone — fifty feet away a figure had emerged from the shadow of my neighbor's mansion and was standing with his hands in his pockets regarding the silver pepper of the stars.
p. 20.6emerged = came out of, or appeared
- She nodded and moved away from him just as George Wilson emerged with two chairs from his office door.
p. 26.5
- As my train emerged from the tunnel into sunlight, only the hot whistles of the National Biscuit Company broke the simmering hush at noon.
p. 114.8
- After a moment the proprietor emerged from the interior of his establishment and gazed hollow-eyed at the car.
p. 122.9
- 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.
p. 160.0 *emerged = appeared (newly able to be seen as night turned into day)
Definition:
to come out, appear, or become prominent