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to send out — such as sound or light
- And, if it was a Christmas Eve, while the great bell, which seemed to emit the death rattle, summoned the faithful to the midnight mass, such an air was spread over the sombre facade that one would have declared that the grand portal was devouring the throng, and that the rose window was watching it.1.4.3 — Vol 1 Bk 4 Chpt 3 — Immanis Pecoris Custos, Immanior Ipse (95% in)
- Then she went to seek in the corner of her cell a huge paving stone, which served her as a pillow, and launched it against them with such violence that one of the bars broke, emitting thousands of sparks.2.11.1 — Vol 2 Bk 11 Chpt 1 — The Little Shoe (53% in)
There are no more uses of "emit" in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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