moving picture
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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By stark contrast, no one these days runs screaming from a movie theater to escape certain ruin from the moving picture of an onrushing choo-choo.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2022
Kneading, waiting, rising and resting serve as metaphors for the healing of a father-daughter relationship in this gently moving picture book by a muralist who works with families impacted by incarceration.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021
At this point in his career, he apparently feels he has to push the boundaries of everything the moving picture format can do and be.
From The Verge • Oct. 8, 2019
By the time of the next big technological breakthrough in artistic expression - the moving picture - the word had taken on its modern meaning.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2019
The creature she had seen in the Englishman’s house wasn’t a moving picture after all.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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