Definition: 1. A change of position that does not entail a change of location. 2. A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. 3. The act of changing location from one place to another. 4. A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals. 5. A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata.
Use 'movement' in a sentence:
1. This movement lengthens your spine and tones the spinal nerves.
2. The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward.
3. She danced with great fluidity of movement.
4. They have their own independence movement which is gathering strength.
5. Detectives are trying to retrace her movements on the night she disappeared.
6. He became a colossus of the labour movement.
7. It's not always possible to keep tabs on everyone's movements.
8. The stockholder rights movement has two prongs.
9. Do you know anything about the revolutionary movement?
10. Other ocular signs include involuntary rhythmic movement of the eyeball.
11. These ideas resurfaced again in the American civil rights movement.
12. I would only belong to an environmental movement if it was explicitly nonviolent.
13. The movement actively empowered women and gave them confidence in themselves.
14. There has been a movement to support women seeking home confinement.
15. Theoretically, such equipment could help paraplegics regain movement.
16. The pro-life movement has right-wingers and left-wingers.
17. There was movement behind the window in the back door.
18. Ballet is the ultimate in human movement.
19. His arm was a rapid blur of movement as he struck.
20. They used a computer to plot the movements of everyone in the building.
21. There has been a substantial amount of factionalism within the movement.
22. Loose clothing gives you greater freedom of movement.
23. There was a sudden movement in the undergrowth.
24. Don't make any sudden movements.
25. These clothes restrict your freedom of movement and stiffen up the whole body.
26. The burglar alarm is activated by movement.
27. They are moving in a pincer movement to cut the republic in two.
28. She observed the gentle movement of his chest as he breathed.
29. We were able to gauge the strength of the wind from the movement of the trees.
30. The government tried to liquidate the rebel movement and failed.
31. They were watching her every movement.
32. The long skirt restricted her movements.
33. The slow movement opens with a cello solo.
34. There has been no movement in oil prices.
35. During the 1980s the green movement gathered momentum.
36. Women have always been at the forefront of the Green movement.
37. She swung herself over the gate in one smooth movement.
38. Video cameras with night vision can be activated by movement.
39. The region at the time was fertile ground for revolutionary movements.
40. This was my initiation into the peace movement.
41. Some say he's a traitor to the peace movement.
42. Thanks to the automobile, Americans soon had a freedom of movement previously unknown.
43. The robot was programmed to mimic a series of human movements.
44. He will have no choice but to ally himself with the new movement.
45. They actually monitor the movement of the fish going up river.
46. These movements will exercise your arms and shoulders.
47. The green movement lacks effective representation in Parliament.
48. A slow theme introduces the first movement.
49. The door opened, blocking his forward movement.
50. It needs cooperation from all the countries to get any movement in arms control.
51. He travelled around West Africa trying to muster support for his movement.
