All 6 Uses of
emerge
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Dill and Jem emerged from a brief huddle: "If you stay you've got to do what we tell you," Dill warned.
p. 51.8emerged = came out
- Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge.
p. 95.2emerge = come out
- The next afternoon at Mrs. Dubose's was the same as the first, and so was the next, until gradually a pattern emerged: everything would begin normally ... she would grow increasingly silent, then go away from us.
p. 124.1 *emerged = appeared (or could be seen)
- The fact that I had a permanent fiance was little compensation for his absence: I had never thought about it, but summer was Dill by the fishpool smoking string, Dill's eyes alive with complicated plans to make Boo Radley emerge; summer was the swiftness with which Dill would reach up and kiss me when Jem was not looking, the longings we sometimes felt each other feel.
p. 132.6emerge = come out
- We watched Dill emerge by degrees.
p. 158.4
- He thought Jem and I would never go to bed; he had considered emerging and helping me beat Jem, as Jem had grown far taller, but he knew Mr. Finch would break it up soon, so he thought it best to stay where he was.
p. 159.4emerging = coming out
Definition:
to come out, appear, or become prominent