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

That process generates heat using some of the energy that would otherwise keep the vehicle in motion. — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Current Xfinity gateways that can tap the opt-in motion detection include the Technicolor XB7, XB8, XB9, XB10, MXB1, and XER10 model. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Aug. 2026

Granted, save for one image on a TV screen, no one wears a Green Lantern mask or outfit in the Lanterns pilot, but the wheels of its story have been in motion for decades by the time its premise unfolds. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026

In The Wrong Man (1956), Webber sets the story in motion as Miss Dennerly, an insurance clerk who mistakenly identifies musician Manny Balestrero (Henry Fonda) as a man who had robbed her office. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for in motion

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