How to Use moving in a Sentence

moving

adjective
  • He gave a moving speech at the memorial service.
  • It’s not easy to throw satirical darts at a moving target.
    Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2020
  • But the specifics outages continue to be a moving target — and could change again.
    Kate Galbraith, SFChronicle.com, 24 Oct. 2020
  • One of the most moving parts in a film full of emotional scenes is when the women share their diagnosis stories.
    Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2020
  • The pandemic has been a moving target with many facets of information.
    Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2020
  • The mortality rate of the coronavirus has been a moving target since the outbreak began.
    Anchorage Daily News, 11 Oct. 2020
  • As Salesforce has learned through its groundbreaking efforts to achieve pay equity over the past five years, the pay gap is a moving target.
    Katica Roy, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Educating voters on how to cast an absentee ballot is a moving target.
    USA Today, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Forget the mortgage payment for a minute — ever-increasing prices means saving enough for a downpayment is a moving target.
    Sadiya Ansari, refinery29.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The eight-minute applause track contains surely the longest, and most moving, cast scroll, with the names of all 1,400 performers.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The race date changed just once, but the secondary elements – practice, qualifying, fan attendance, concerts and more – were a moving target.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Federer, sidelined this year after undergoing two knee surgeries, is not done competing, so there is a sense that Nadal is chasing a moving target.
    New York Times, 11 Oct. 2020
  • The Hedonometer has been up and running for more than a decade, measuring word choices across millions of tweets, every day, the world over, to come up with a moving measure of well-being.
    Casey Schwartz New York Times, Star Tribune, 24 Oct. 2020
  • The end date for the 2020 census has been a moving target since the pandemic temporarily halted field operations last spring.
    Fox News, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The tribute at the top of the show was very moving and well done.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The profile for the ideal head coach, though, is a moving target.
    Jarrett Bell, USA Today, 30 Dec. 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
  • The time of the meetings was described by former staffers as a moving target.
    Kerry Flynn, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
  • One of the more moving experiences he’s had with the group was when a woman came to them seeking help finishing a painting her niece had started.
    Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2024
  • McCarthy in particular gets to run the full gamut of emotions: On the big screen, this is easily her most moving and complicated turn.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 May 2024

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