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moving
[ moo-ving ]
adjective
- capable of or having movement:
a moving object.
- causing or producing motion.
- involved in changing the location of possessions, a residence, office, etc.:
moving expenses.
- involving a motor vehicle in motion.
- actuating, instigating, or impelling:
the moving spirit behind the party.
- stirring or evoking strong feelings or emotions, especially touchingly or pathetically:
a moving story.
moving
/ ˈmuːvɪŋ /
adjective
- arousing or touching the emotions
- changing or capable of changing position
- causing motion
Derived Forms
- ˈmovingly, adverb
Other Words From
- moving·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
It was seen by a small delegation of star-struck prelates and dignitaries who later described the film as “moving.”
Yung Lean was born Jonatan Leandoer Håstad in Belarus, before moving to Sweden at the age of 3.
In the 1950s, you had people like Richard Hofstadter and Arthur Schlesinger moving back and forth between the two worlds.
“You ask me my motivation,” Marvin says, moving back into his tough guy persona again.
There have been previous waves of people moving to Texas, and we are now experiencing the latest wave.
They ranged from moving trunks to cleaning cisterns, and, by grace of all of them, Sim was doing very well.
She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.
First, how about the expansibility needed to supply adequate funds for crop-moving?
Thus all about us is the moving and shifting spectacle of riches and poverty, side by side, inextricable.
The Alcalde remained kneeling for a short time by the side of the corpse, his lips moving in prayer.
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