How to Use movable in a Sentence

movable

1 of 2 adjective
  • Thanksgiving is a movable holiday.
  • Not a small, movable piece on the board.
    — Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Too many movable tables and chairs.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • That could be a problem for a device with a movable hinge.
    — ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026
  • One of his favorite pieces is Hans, whose movable arm lifts a beer.
    — Mary Compton, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • And then, last but not least, just how durable are those strings being used on that movable hinge?
    — New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2025
  • In normal times, the rich are deeply rooted and not movable.
    — Cristobal Young, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
  • On the two streets flanking the front yard, there were movable roadblocks.
    — Simon Romero, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • And there aren’t a ton of movable contracts, either.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • Higgins projects as a big slot wide receiver or movable tight end.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Six movable struts give the cockpit full freedom of motion.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
  • With the clock ticking on a non-movable studio booking, there was no room to postpone.
    — Sophie Williams, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Less air travel means more and longer drives — which, with restless kids in the car, can feel like a movable lockdown.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
  • There is also a movable bench that is just the right size to prop up under the house’s serving window.
    — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Wayfair has outdoor bar tables as well as movable bar carts up to 70% off.
    — oregonlive, 1 July 2021
  • Painting samples on movable boards (rather than the walls) is a great way to move samples around quickly.
    — Elizabeth Sweet, Southern Living, 6 May 2021
  • Here, a movable basket for smaller odds and ends hangs off the front of one shelf, freeing up space for larger items.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Musk is betting big by creating a whole new kind of movable hardware to pair with that software.
    — Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Annie built movable message boards at the right height for members to look at while mounted on their horses.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Old media caddies are the perfect size for movable kits filled with cleaners and scrubbing tools.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The kitchen comes with a Viking oven plus a movable island with a breakfast bar and a side cabinet.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2025
  • This movable garden bed is ideal for adding character to your growing space.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 13 June 2026
  • Mainspring First, fuel and air enter a closed chamber with movable end walls.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2023
  • His printer consisted of a nozzle attached to a movable gantry crane.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Each build has movable pieces, like the plane's propellers or rotor blades on the helicopter.
    — Katrina Cossey, Parents, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Five movable bridges in Milwaukee are staffed at least 16 hours a day, seven days a week.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The structure can be anchored by attaching it to movable blocks of concrete or by nailing it to soft ground.
    — Miquel Ros, CNN, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Along with the recycling truck with movable parts, there are sorting bins, three Lego figures, and a cat.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 22 Oct. 2023
  • But Smart is the one movable piece that can bring back what the Celtics lack –—better playmaking.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
  • Sunday’s matchup will feature a movable object clashing with a stoppable force.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025

movable

2 of 2 noun
  • Inside each of these tubes, the mirrors sit on movable carts.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 9 July 2018
  • Each list has a movable card that can be augmented with checklists or due dates.
    — Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The shelves are movable, opening and closing with a giant crank.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Love that’s movable, invisible, love like a liquid or a gas, love that finds a way in.
    — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 22 May 2017
  • For the past half-century, Baseball’s opening day has been a movable feast.
    — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • There is no better way to experience nature near you than to pack up your car with a movable feast and go for a fall picnic.
    — Mary Carol Garrity, kansascity, 1 Oct. 2017
  • But this time, that shelter has infinite sizing options via its movable shell; and this time, that toolkit is for artists.
    — Natalina Lopez, Town & Country, 25 May 2017
  • The stage was open and bare with a huge video screen suspended from above that acted as a movable ceiling on which visuals were displayed.
    — Peter Larsen, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2017
  • The result is something almost comically black, like a movable hole from a cartoon.
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2017
  • Flacco isn't slated to be a free agent until 2022, but his contract becomes more movable in a year.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Dinnertime is a movable feast, with the family gathering for group meals at different homes.
    — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2019
  • The garage is now a screening space, complete with surround sound and movable risers that allow for elevated seating.
    — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The set also features adjustable and motorized turbine blades and a movable nacelle with aircraft warning lights.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 26 Sep. 2018
  • The city also plans to spend $5 million to $6 million to build and landscape an ice-skating rink and to buy 44 movable huts for the market.
    — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2017
  • The table would function as flexible space for public events, but could also be subdivided by movable screens and furniture.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 10 May 2018
  • The Timberwolves enter free agency Sunday night armed with no cap space and few attractive movable assets.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 June 2019
  • Its comprehensive 170-page report provides a movable feast of numbers and details.
    — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 7 July 2019
  • But shrink the bowling ball to, say, a single neutron on tiny movable platform, and quantum mechanics changes the picture dramatically.
    — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 10 July 2018
  • At the surge tank, Sam3 would be a subcontractor on a complex project that will involve extensive rigging and a giant movable tarp behind which the work will take place.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 27 Jan. 2018
  • The store would have a retail component, a shooting range inside a movable trailer and an outdoor obstacle course for the use of non-lethal props and weapons, according to documents.
    — Rick Kambic, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • In addition to a changing table and several tables and chairs, the nursing suite has rocking chairs and a movable screen for moms who want (and babies who require) even fewer distractions.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Virtually none of those big contracts are movable, particularly in a day and age when teams are terrified of surpassing the luxury tax threshold.
    — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Even someone who doesn’t know a Harley from a Harlequin can immediately appreciate these bikes as pieces of movable sculpture.
    — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2017
  • The Mississippi River is a movable feast, an ancient waterway filled with the ambitions, sorrows and joys of countless lives.
    — Peter Kujawinski, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • But aside from a tendency to have characters tromp down the creaky movable seating at West of Lenin, the staging has a simplicity that serves the material just fine.
    — Dusty Somers, The Seattle Times, 30 May 2017
  • Some of the stationary tall bookcases were replaced with shorter movable bookcases and a MakerSpace was created.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Pomerado News, 16 May 2018
  • Celebrity Edge's Magic Carpet is a movable platform used for access at sea level, sipping cocktails higher up, and dining al fresco on the top deck.
    — David G. Molyneaux, miamiherald, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The message was written in movable metal letters on the signboard outside Wood Acres elementary school, said Andrew Johnson, who lives near the school.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 1 July 2017
  • This offers the advantage of a movable camp that can follow the wildlife — something that’s particularly useful during the famed wildebeest migration that takes place from June to mid-November.
    — Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2017

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