How to Use moving in a Sentence

moving

adjective
  • He gave a moving speech at the memorial service.
  • The tribute at the top of the show was very moving and well done.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The result is one of the most moving podcasts of the year.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 20 Dec. 2019
  • It’s the saddest and one of the most moving pieces of music.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Keep the non-moving leg still, and the arm on that same side flat to the ground with the palm facing down.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 6 Feb. 2023
  • What is the most moving thing a fan has ever said to you?
    Hector Saldana, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Oct. 2021
  • This was hands-down the most moving performance of the evening.
    Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2023
  • But the temple to Isis at Philae might be the most moving.
    Rebecca Misner, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2021
  • For the record, SLC’s longest walk is about 2/3 of a mile, and more moving walkways are in the works.
    Barbara Peterson, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
  • While the location was set from the start, the date was a bit of a moving target.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2022
  • It’s one of the most moving and mesmerizing films of the year.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 July 2022
  • To me the most moving item was the cast of a skull of an unknown Dutch woman in her early 40s.
    Russell Shorto, New York Times, 17 June 2019
  • The profile for the ideal head coach, though, is a moving target.
    Jarrett Bell, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Indeed, the task force's 1,930-square-mile goal has been a moving target.
    Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • One of the most moving scenes is their denial of this contract to their own children.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
  • One of the special's most moving moments happens not on the day of the wedding, but the night before.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Nas paid his respects on stage in a moving tribute to DMX.
    Alec Snyder, CNN, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Lee is a patriot at heart, and that’s always the most moving thing about his work.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2020
  • The time of the meetings was described by former staffers as a moving target.
    Kerry Flynn, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
  • For the critics and lunatic-fringers, Kapler is a moving target.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The most moving thing about Santos’s lies is how many of them could be disproved in seconds.
    Andrew O’Hagan, The New York Review of Books, 1 Feb. 2024
  • One of the most moving moments for me is when Rustin confronts Martin Luther King, and then comes back to the office.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The question of what will happen over the long term to refugees who arrive in the United States is a moving target.
    BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Yarbrough has been a moving target for years now, and has managed to stay one step ahead of hitters in the AL East, no small feat.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Lewis: The science of booster shots is a moving target.
    Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The forecast was this storm was very challenging as the rain-snow line was a moving target.
    Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Inevitably the one-on-one date is awarded to Michael A., who gets to tell Katie his very, very moving life story.
    Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 22 June 2021
  • The most moving thing in that book is not even Biden’s restrained and heartbreaking account of the slow death of his beloved son Beau.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The most moving songs in Beck’s orchestral repertoire tend to begin with strings and add brass at a key dramatic chorus moment.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 July 2024
  • At the last one-on-one date of the episode, Devin let his guard down during a profoundly moving experience while learning about New Zealand’s Māori culture.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 July 2024

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