MOVE in a Sentence

Learn MOVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for MOVE, such as:
1. One careless move loses the whole game.
2. I saw the door move, and the snow drift in.
3. He stood up and began to move around the room.
4. Curious pedestrians were ordered to move along.
5. Once he had been sent to move a table and sofa.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of MOVE
move
 n.  the act of changing your residence or place of business
 v.  progress by being changed
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The small denizens of the wilderness hardly took pains to move out of her path.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
2  My right hand was not so badly burnt but that I could move the fingers.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter L
3  A mist rose between Mrs. Creakle and me, and her figure seemed to move in it for an instant.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
4  At last Mrs. Micawber resolved to move into the prison, where Mr. Micawber had now secured a room to himself.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
5  If I have known Barkis a year, to move to as he went by, I have known him forty years.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30. A LOSS
6  I saw the door move, and instinctively tried to hold the latch on the outside, to gain a moment's time.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31. A GREATER LOSS
7  Mr. jorkins is very difficult to move from the beaten track.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
8  Mr. Spenlow was very difficult to move from the beaten track.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
9  I saw the door move, and the snow drift in.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 40. THE WANDERER
10  I saw it move a little more, and a hand softly interpose to keep it open.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 40. THE WANDERER
11  He made haste to move away from her, as from a dirty place.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 10
12  I want to move Anna downstairs, but we must hang up blinds.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 21
13  He stood at the door and heard Kitty giving exact directions to the maid, and beginning to help her move the bedstead.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 13
14  Once he had been sent to move a table and sofa.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 14
15  "'"I got up slow," he explained, "because if tha' makes a quick move it startles 'em.'"
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I was scarcely able to move my arm after the accident.
2  Neither side seems prepared to make the first move towards reaching a peace agreement.
3  Curious pedestrians were ordered to move along.
4  He stood up and began to move around the room.
5  The sun appears to move in an arc across the sky.
6  His decision to move to London is closely allied to his ambition to become manager of the company.
7  She wondered whether she had made the right move in telling the truth.
8  I like to go off on my own - to sit back and bliss out in a darkened move theater.
9  When a company goes out of business, officials usually move in to take control.
10  Buying those shares was a very far-sighted move - they must be worth ten times their original value now.
11  Please move; you're right in my line of vision.
12  The main impetus behind the move west was to find gold and other minerals.
13  One careless move loses the whole game.
14  It's too late to move back, yet too early to move on.
15  I pushed and pushed at the heavy box but could not move it.