moving picture
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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“It’s still a moving picture and I doubt we’ve seen the last act.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
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
That made sense, in all the moving picture shows I’d seen and all the books I’d read about vampires I never could think of seeing one that could drive a car.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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