motions

Synonyms

proposal gesture locomotion meshugaas motional

Phrases with the word

going through motions common motions basic motions piercing motions loose motions running motions

Examples

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets. W. Somerset Maugham

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run? John Donne

I was going through the motions of life, instead of really living, and there's no excuse for that. It's not something I'll let happen to me again. Charles de Lint

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study. Nicolaus Copernicus

The motions of men must be such as suggest their dignity or their baseness. Leonardo da Vinci

But I can tell - let truth be told - That love will change in growing old; Though day by day is nought to see, So delicate his motions be. Robert Bridges