in motion

phrase

1

: moving sense 1

a busy person who's always in motion

2

American football, of an offensive player : running parallel to the line of scrimmage before the snap

Examples of in motion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Batteries are heavy, and the old rule about an object in motion tending to stay in motion makes the notion of nimble cornering a difficult engineering problem. — Roberto Baldwin, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026

For a team that did not shy away from its Super Bowl expectations during training camp, this is the Cowboys’ chance to prove that the early season struggles were an outlier and that the plan is still in motion. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2026

When a child sets a top in motion, the philosopher snatches it, believing that understanding any small thing, even a spinning top, would be enough to understand everything. — Stacy Keltner, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

Capturing atoms in motion For their experiments, the researchers used a compact X-ray light source (CXLS), the first of two instruments planned for the university’s X-ray facility. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for in motion

• commotion
• demotion
• devotion
• emotion
• laotian
• promotion
• locomotion
• lotion
• notion
• ocean
• potion