How to Use movable in a Sentence

movable

1 of 2 adjective

• Thanksgiving is a movable holiday.
• On the two streets flanking the front yard, there were movable roadblocks.
  — Simon Romero, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
• What’s the price of all this instant and movable beauty?
  — Washington Post, 17 May 2021
• One of his favorite pieces is Hans, whose movable arm lifts a beer.
  — Mary Compton, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
• There were plastic-sheathed clothes on movable tracks that ran along the ceiling.
  — Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• But Smart is the one movable piece that can bring back what the Celtics lack –—better playmaking.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
• The Quad Lock does need to be installed via Allen wrench, so the mount is not movable once fully attached.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 13 July 2023
• So, can the unstoppable force move the movable object again?
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 13 Dec. 2022
• There is also a movable bench that is just the right size to prop up under the house’s serving window.
  — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023
• Less air travel means more and longer drives — which, with restless kids in the car, can feel like a movable lockdown.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
• On May 8, crews showed up, took the statue down, carved it into movable pieces and hauled it to the yard outside Volpe Boykin’s house, 16 miles away.
  — Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2021
• Still, the ban was phased in Saturday as workers placed steel bollards, or movable posts, at the ends of each block.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
• As such, while Muslims were taxed at a rate of less than 5% on the value of their non-movable assets, Jews and Greeks saw rates well over 100%.
  — David I. Klein, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021
• Five movable bridges in Milwaukee are staffed at least 16 hours a day, seven days a week.
  — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
• Here, a movable basket for smaller odds and ends hangs off the front of one shelf, freeing up space for larger items.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
• Along with the recycling truck with movable parts, there are sorting bins, three Lego figures, and a cat.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 22 Oct. 2023
• Painting samples on movable boards (rather than the walls) is a great way to move samples around quickly.
  — Elizabeth Sweet, Southern Living, 6 May 2021
• In total, 45 seats will be taken out of the movable stantion that is brought onto the field for football games.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2023
• Facing north, rotate the movable disc to find the current date and time and spot the brightest objects in the sky at every hour of every day of the year.
  — Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• Wayfair has outdoor bar tables as well as movable bar carts up to 70% off.
  — oregonlive, 1 July 2021
• This was done by turning the instrument's movable rings so that the planet could be sighted along the faces of certain rings.
  — Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2023
• To the aft, seafarers will find a beach club, gym and dive center, as well as a swim deck that comes complete with a movable swim platform.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2021
• Bascules are the movable sections of road on the bridge that can be raised and lowered using counterweights.
  — CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
• Absent a drawbridge or movable span, the bridge must be at least 178 feet high to clear those vessels, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, which must sign off.
  — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• Higgins projects as a big slot wide receiver or movable tight end.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
• Enter the pop-up tent from inside your truck bed through the movable floor panels (or from outside by adding your own ladder).
  — Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 10 May 2021
• The structure can be anchored by attaching it to movable blocks of concrete or by nailing it to soft ground.
  — Miquel Ros, CNN, 15 Nov. 2021
• Annie built movable message boards at the right height for members to look at while mounted on their horses.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2021
• It’s designed for little ones between 3 and 8 years old and comes complete with chalkboard walls, a working doorbell, and a clock with movable hands.
  — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023
• Plott, however, died in 2005, and most of its movable goods had been previously sold at a private auction.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023

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movable

2 of 2 noun

• Inside each of these tubes, the mirrors sit on movable carts.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 9 July 2018
• The shelves are movable, opening and closing with a giant crank.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
• Love that’s movable, invisible, love like a liquid or a gas, love that finds a way in.
  — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 22 May 2017
• Each list has a movable card that can be augmented with checklists or due dates.
  — Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2017
• The city also plans to spend $5 million to $6 million to build and landscape an ice-skating rink and to buy 44 movable huts for the market.
  — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2017
• But Austin as a movable gadget piece added a lot of dimension and deception to L.A.’s approach, in both the run and pass game.
  — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 18 June 2018
• For the past half-century, Baseball’s opening day has been a movable feast.
  — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• The turf at Sullivan is movable, allowing it to co-exist with the arena's sheet of ice.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2018
• A movable desk and five dedicated points of power throughout the room were added.
  — Nancy Trejos, USA TODAY, 21 May 2017
• Flacco isn't slated to be a free agent until 2022, but his contract becomes more movable in a year.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• There is no better way to experience nature near you than to pack up your car with a movable feast and go for a fall picnic.
  — Mary Carol Garrity, kansascity, 1 Oct. 2017
• The stage was open and bare with a huge video screen suspended from above that acted as a movable ceiling on which visuals were displayed.
  — Peter Larsen, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2017
• But this time, that shelter has infinite sizing options via its movable shell; and this time, that toolkit is for artists.
  — Natalina Lopez, Town & Country, 25 May 2017
• One species, Lasiognathus saccostoma, bears not only a movable rod but extending from it a line, a float, a lighted bait and three hooks.
  — William J. Broad, New York Times, 29 July 2019
• At the surge tank, Sam3 would be a subcontractor on a complex project that will involve extensive rigging and a giant movable tarp behind which the work will take place.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 27 Jan. 2018
• The result is something almost comically black, like a movable hole from a cartoon.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2017
• But aside from a tendency to have characters tromp down the creaky movable seating at West of Lenin, the staging has a simplicity that serves the material just fine.
  — Dusty Somers, The Seattle Times, 30 May 2017
• The garage is now a screening space, complete with surround sound and movable risers that allow for elevated seating.
  — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 13 Sep. 2017
• The Timberwolves enter free agency Sunday night armed with no cap space and few attractive movable assets.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 June 2019
• The message was written in movable metal letters on the signboard outside Wood Acres elementary school, said Andrew Johnson, who lives near the school.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 1 July 2017
• Visitors can also see how Chicago’s movable bridges work.
  — USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2019
• The set also features adjustable and motorized turbine blades and a movable nacelle with aircraft warning lights.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 26 Sep. 2018
• The store would have a retail component, a shooting range inside a movable trailer and an outdoor obstacle course for the use of non-lethal props and weapons, according to documents.
  — Rick Kambic, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2017
• Dinnertime is a movable feast, with the family gathering for group meals at different homes.
  — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2019
• The Mississippi River is a movable feast, an ancient waterway filled with the ambitions, sorrows and joys of countless lives.
  — Peter Kujawinski, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
• A new Holiday Inn room design now features a large movable table that can be positioned in front of a chair like a traditional desk or can be moved over near the bed for a more relaxing workspace.
  — Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2017
• The new food pantry is set up like a grocery store, with more than 30 racks on movable shelves filled with baked goods and canned foods, according to a Niles Township Food Pantry news release announcing completion of the renovation.
  — Genevieve Bookwalter, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• Celebrity Edge's Magic Carpet is a movable platform used for access at sea level, sipping cocktails higher up, and dining al fresco on the top deck.
  — David G. Molyneaux, miamiherald, 19 Apr. 2018
• Its futuristic design concepts include the Magic Carpet, a cantilevered movable deck that will serve as a walkway, a place to enjoy ocean views and a space for live music and themed dining.
  — Beth J. Harpaz, charlotteobserver, 14 Feb. 2018
• Its comprehensive 170-page report provides a movable feast of numbers and details.
  — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 7 July 2019

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