How to Use animation in a Sentence

animation

noun

• The animation for the film took over two years to complete.
• The website has hundreds of animations you can download.
• The studio used computer animation for some of the special effects.
• Sanders is mighty name in the animation field.
  — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
• The animation is a mixed bag, too.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
• The animation is somehow shiny and crude at the same time.
  — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
• But, at the same time, there are now so many animation tools available.
  — Mike Sacks, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2022
• Many, as in any animation project.
  — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
• Bargatze will stick to movies, animation and game shows.
  — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
• And animation is used to convey ideas and tells stories of the past as well.
  — Carole Horst, Variety, 17 June 2026
• The film is a mix of hand animation and some motion capture.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
• Word of the project comes at a dynamic time in animation.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
• At the same time, the numbers are troubling in terms of animation.
  — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
• The film has a great script, wonderful voice-overs, catchy songs and top notch animation.
  — Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
• There are nine channels of animation across three walls, and the space is very long and deep—almost like a cave.
  — Eana Kim, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
• In terms of satire, the animation pipeline doesn’t allow for that.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026
• The animation allowed birds to fly, clouds to float by, plants to sway in the breeze and boats to rock on the water.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 11 July 2022
• The legs were soon revealed to be an animation, and not yet a working feature.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
• As seen in the film’s trailer, a mix of live action and animation is used to retell the story.
  — al, 27 Oct. 2021
• Just enough animation to keep you from giving up and burying the thing in an unmarked grave.
  — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
• Those are all homemade, that kind of stop-motion animation.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
• There was some very cool work on display, but what is your broad take about the state of play in animation at the moment?
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026
• In one of the two images in the animation, look for the bluish tones speckled with darker blue melt ponds.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2022
• The animations on the ground glitched when Swift dove into the opening of the stage.
  — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
• The floats are also judged on their alignment with the parade's theme and use of animation.
  — Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 1 Jan. 2026
• The bright and friendly animations bring an overall joyful tone to the film.
  — Nikita Eglis, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
• This is the first film on our list — but not the last — that represents Czech animation.
  — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
• Now, Rajamouli is getting ready to do it all over again, this time in animation.
  — Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
• The titles say much about the state of animation – in Spain and beyond.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 25 June 2026
• But a shift from hand-drawn to computer animation edged Crews out.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023