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Motion
"Motion" in a Sentence (27 examples)
And I call on the chairman of the Education Committee to support the motion.
The discussion produced a great deal of noise, but no forward motion.
Passengers shall not converse with the driver while the bus is in motion.
A ballet theater is a place in which I can study motion.
Tom made a motion that the class should have a party.
It was like watching a slow motion movie.
They took a vote on the motion.
I want to see the scene in slow motion.
The scene was shown in slow motion.
Are you in favor of this motion?
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Several parties of hop-pickers joined the train at the intermediate stations, and the guard performed the acrobatic feat of walking along the footboards of the coaches to examine tickets, while the train was in motion.
This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its motion.
Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
The motion to amend is now open for discussion.
Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion.
when God gave him reason, he gave him freedom to choose, for reason is but choosing; he had bin else a meer artificiall Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions.
I say, it is no uneven jot, to pass from the more faint and obscure examples of Spermatical life to the more considerable effects of general Motion in Minerals, Metalls, and sundry Meteors, whose easie and rude shapes may have no need of any Principle of Life, or Spermatical form distinct from the Rest or Motion of the particles of the Matter.
Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from God.
From that time to the present (three weeks) she has taken one pill every night, and had one comfortable motion every morning without the aid of any other aperient, and her health has much improved.
The independent motions of different parts sounding together constitute counterpoint.
What motion's this? the model of Nineveh?
[...] three 2-4-2 tank engines were secured from the Hunslet Engine Co. of Leeds. As the line began on the Quay in Bideford, the locomotives had their motion encased, as shown in the illustrations on page 414.
You've never got no motion, lad / You've never got no action
He motioned for me to come closer.
Mom motioned me over and ordered me to sit by her side.
After spending a few paragraphs blasting Obamacare, including motioning directly at the Democrats during his sharpest condemnations, the president laid down a few markers for what he wanted to see replace the current system.
Here's Gloucester, a foe to citizens, One that still motions war and never peace
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