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.
• And as the the animation above shows, this tilt causes the Moon's shadow to miss the Earth.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
• The bright and friendly animations bring an overall joyful tone to the film.
  — Nikita Eglis, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
• Anime, the Japanese animation art form, has come a long way in the past few decades.
  — Tyler Aquilina, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
• But that was how 2013’s The Wind Rises, which was meant to mark the start of the animation master’s retirement, was framed as well.
  — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2023
• Whereas the first film was a genuinely bold step for animation, Dawn of the Nugget is overcooked.
  — Jack Francis, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2023
• To add the animation later, each frame that Schmidt cut was then photocopied as an 8×10 blow-up.
  — Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2023
• But a shift from hand-drawn to computer animation edged Crews out.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
• My only real qualm is that the lip sync animations end after just a word or two of each line reading.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• Now a short can be a live-action pilot, the first episode of a web series and/or use a filter to turn into an animation, etc.
  — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
• The sun-bursting-from-horizon animation is reminiscent of 2021’s Dune, from the font to the color scheme.
  — Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 1 May 2023
• Here’s an animation of a Titan’s hand reaching out from under the Fortnite map, part of the event launching the season.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• The effort to unionize animation’s east coast writers has been discussed for over a decade.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2023
• Roth is also spearheading the show, which is still in its early stages, keeping the same animation style.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• All the musical and animation stops are pulled out for a series of show-stopping numbers.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Hopefully the transition from animation to live-action doesn't cause the film to lose its voice.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 1 May 2023
• Don’t have any un-mess-with-able memories of the 1989 hit, which paved the way for an entire renaissance in Disney animation.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2023
• Then there’s the stop motion animation process itself, which even the most advanced technology in the world can only speed up so much.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 16 Dec. 2023
• Filmed rather than taped in front of an audience, the show featured a rapid-fire series of sketches on a blank white set, brief bits of animation and, for the time, a number of risqué subjects and lines.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2023
• Through animation, the pair and their cat Willa become immersed in the story of Jesus, involving notable friends and foes.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
• But, in addition to the beautiful animation, the big draw is the voice ensemble, which reunites the film cast, many of whom have only risen in fame since its release.
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
• For the first time, every message the family exchanged had a blue bubble and members were able to use perks like emojis and animations.
  — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Clips feature a mix of live-action, animation, and music.
  — Maressa Brown, Parents, 13 Feb. 2024
• The animation is minimalist and subdued, full of grays and wafting snowflakes.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The closeup animation of Mawar's eye above is one example.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023
• Two more characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender are making the jump from animation to live action.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2024
• That was the biggest opening for any foreign animation title on Imax and for any Japanese film on Imax in China.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023
• The animation learning curve would ultimately lead to The Cocoon being three years in the making, but the experience was one that mimicked the very message of the film.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024