How to Use movement in a Sentence

movement

noun
  • There's a movement afoot to rename the town.
  • The police have been keeping a careful record of his movements.
  • They joined the antiwar movement.
  • We wore loose clothes to allow for easier movement.
  • He developed an efficient system for movement of raw materials to the factory.
  • But there is some movement on this.
    — Dan England, Outside, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Again and manosphere movements.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • But at the same time, that’s a lot of movement to make this a tight race.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 Sep. 2022
  • This was the first one with real movement on it.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
  • That is where movements are built or fads are broken.
    — Keren Novack, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • The labor movements of the past fought for more than wages.
    — Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Too much movement in the water can break the egg apart.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026
  • And then the bridges on the movement are shaped like pebbles.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But dopamine is also key to speech and movement.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The up-and-down movement has been massive.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Music and movement take over the dance floor!
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Austin is a movement guy, a pacer.
    — Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This fast midpoint line tracks short-term price movement.
    — Karl Montevirgen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Afrobeats is a movement that needs unity.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Sometimes there are movements of bands, and that’s great.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • There's so much movement and things that have happened through the years.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2022
  • Move more and sit less, as even small amounts of daily movement help.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • After a minute of this, the man’s cries die out, as do his movements.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In this case, that’s the labor movement.
    — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The movement rises again and again.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • His fastball, once elite, lost some of its zip and much of its late movement.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The #MeToo movement may have put a few more rules in place.
    — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • So this comes out of our research into the crunchy mom movement.
    — Will Carless, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Still, the Senate is not known for fast movement.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Sure, some movements are harder.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 14 Oct. 2025

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