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

But as soon as Rena Owen comes to the fore as Tala, Moana’s spirited grandmother (an elderly rebel who’s going to set this tale in motion), her playful aging-hippie spark connects. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 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

Digging a path between oceans The Bucyrus story begins in 1880 in Bucyrus, Ohio, where the Bucyrus Foundry and Manufacturing Company produced steam shovels for a country in motion. — Malika Bowling, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Instead, the marketing team (or the AI) creates a brief that sets everything else in motion. — Phoena Pang, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Rhymes for in motion

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