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motion

noun as in formal suggestion in a meeting

verb as in gesture, direct

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Example Sentences

I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?

The train was already in motion as she tried to step inside, and her body was crushed beneath it.

Stop-motion animation artist PES has unveiled a new short this week.

But what he did set in motion a series of events that ended in his life being lost.

This year McQueen picked up three Oscars (including best picture) for his third motion picture 12 Years A Slave.

In this situation we waited the motion of the enemy, without perceiving any advancement they made towards us.

These sections also have vibrations of their own which are of shorter length and more rapid motion.

Felipe watched over her as a lover might; her great mournful eyes followed his every motion.

At six o'clock I felt once more the welcome motion of a Railroad car, and at eight was in Venice.

The first jolt had like to have shaken me out of my hammock, but afterwards the motion was easy enough.

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On this page you'll find 134 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to motion, such as: act, gesture, passage, advance, agitation, and ambulation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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