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
• The box can be further customized with LED lighting, movable tie-downs, and a 120-volt outlet.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
• The idea is to dot it with movable tables and chairs for visitors, as well as customers of the boxy cafe that Mayne placed at the corner of Seventh and Mission streets.
  — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 July 2021

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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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