in motion

phrase

1

: moving sense 1

a busy person who's always in motion

2

American football, of an offensive player : running parallel to the line of scrimmage before the snap

Examples of in motion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That helped set the expansion in the country, and elsewhere in Asia, in motion. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Smith only realized the error four months ago, when the album campaign was shot and everything was in motion. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026

Pitchers deliver the ball with their heads and several other body parts in motion. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Spontaneous smears and streams of color form her famous abstractions, evoking a body in motion. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for in motion

• commotion
• demotion
• devotion
• emotion
• laotian
• promotion
• locomotion
• lotion
• notion
• ocean
• potion