moving picture
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Apparently, we’re to draw some insightful connection between these two views of the city — one in static paint on canvas and the other in a moving picture shot a couple decades later.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2022
There is a strong resemblance between the promises of resurrection via VR and the rhetoric that heralded the invention of other once-new technologies like the moving picture.
From Slate • May 27, 2020
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
An economy, after all, is not a snapshot frozen in time, but a moving picture.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2019
“In every moving picture house in America little children would have the pleasure of seeing stories acted by the Popper Performing Penguins,” he said.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
![]()