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'movement' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'movement' with 15 example sentences.


movement noun

: a change of position that does not entail a change of location

: the act of changing location from one place to another

: a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

: a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata

: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

: a euphemism for defecation

: a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)

: the act of changing the location of something


  • What color are your bowel movements?
  • He was the leader of the movement.
  • The movements of this robot are awkward.
  • I strive not to make sudden movements.
  • There is a strong anti-nuclear movement in Germany.
  • We supported the anti-apartheid movement.
  • Each movement of the dancer was perfect.
  • The resistance movement has gone underground.
  • Your son took part in the student movement, I hear.
  • The police were suspicious of his movements.
  • Women's Liberation is a broad-based but informal popular movement.
  • There's lots of movement here.
  • A violent thought instantly brings violent bodily movements.
  • The hunter was alert to every sound and movement.
  • He's quick in his movements.
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