How to Use in motion in a Sentence

in motion

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  • If there is a show, the standby line process will be in motion.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2026
  • My ideas from this trip will be some of my best ever, once in motion.
    — Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The woman jumped on his hood and fell off while the vehicle was in motion.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
  • Bright blue, neon green, tie-dye shades, and more—this set puts the summer rainbow in motion.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 4 July 2026
  • To pause the wheels in motion, connect with your child before parting ways.
    — Katrina Donham, Parents, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Identity here is very much in motion, much like the young athletes themselves.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Andre had been thinking about solar for a while and one shocking electric bill set things in motion.
    — David Wade, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This past weekend offered a vivid reminder of that purpose and our mission in motion.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 9 July 2026
  • One wall text claims that Brancusi aimed to depict his animals in motion.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The wheels are in motion, and Liverpool want to do the deal at around £100million.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Barbecue, as a tangible thing (and an idea) is always in motion.
    — Adrian Miller, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • The East Palace begins with a funeral that sets many of the events of the series in motion.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026
  • The Lancers have used Rhoa (6-5, 300) as a blocker in motion.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Playful, flirtatious and constantly in motion, the track proves how much energy can come from groove alone.
    — Brittney Williams, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2026
  • To that end, Milojo consistently has a wide variety of projects in motion.
    — Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Eadweard Muybridge, among the first to put pictures in motion, knew by instinct that many of those pictures should contain naked people.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • If an organization receives an alert that a weapon is present, human protocols should already be in motion.
    — David Ly, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • That process generates heat using some of the energy that would otherwise keep the vehicle in motion.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, the marketing team (or the AI) creates a brief that sets everything else in motion.
    — Phoena Pang, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Antonelli’s move on Lewis Hamilton to win the Silverstone sprint race was that in motion.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • According to this chorus of Cassandras, the scheme, like many complicated plots, may have been in motion for a year—or far longer.
    — James Robenalt, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026
  • Two things are always in motion, the agent's confidence and the person's trust, and an interface that ignores both will feel wrong long before anyone can say why.
    — Ravi Palwe, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The guide reluctantly agrees, a decision that ultimately leaves the friends trapped deep inside the cave system and sets the film's events in motion.
    — Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 29 July 2026
  • That score held until two outs in the ninth, when Smith delivered the game-tying single that set the Giants’ latest loss in motion.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Progress toward a settlement seemed in motion after the AGs and Paramount agreed to a sit-down on Monday.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Tectonic plates are constantly in motion, and along the San Andreas fault, this movement is at a rate of 1-2 inches per year.
    — New Atlas, 28 June 2026
  • Reading on night trains has always been a refuge for travelers; in motion, a book could be shelter, could be comfort, a lantern, as Walter Benjamin said.
    — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026
  • The site is open and ready to welcome campers from Friday, though plans are already in motion to enhance the facilities through 2027.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026
  • Despite having tripled just a couple of years ago, plans to double the size of the College Football Playoff already seem to be in motion.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
  • The personalized skin care is based on a diagnostic method called Skin Morphosis, which analyzes skin at rest as well as in motion.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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