Move example sentences

Related (12): motion, movement, relocate, shift, progress, advance, transfer, migrate, stir, budge, transport, mobilize

"Move" Example Sentences

  1. I need to move my car before the parking meter expires.
  2. She decided to move to Portland last spring and hasn't looked back.
  3. The chess player studied the board for five minutes before making her move.
  4. Don't move โ€” there's a spider on your shoulder.
  5. We're going to move the meeting to Thursday instead of Wednesday.
  6. He watched her move across the dance floor with such grace.
  7. If you want to get promoted, you have to move fast in this company.
  8. The deadline didn't move, so we had to work through the weekend.
  9. Can you help me move this couch to the other side of the room?
  10. Nobody expected him to move on from that job so quickly.
  11. The story didn't move me the way everyone said it would.
  12. Let's move past this argument and focus on solutions.
  13. I could see her lips move but couldn't hear what she was saying.
  14. The company decided to move their headquarters downtown.
  15. That comment really did move her โ€” she got quiet after that.
  16. We need to move the inventory before the new shipment arrives.
  17. Time seemed to move differently when she was with him.
  18. The protesters began to move toward the courthouse steps.
  19. His strategy was to move slowly and carefully through the negotiation.
  20. I watched the clouds move across the sky from my window.
  21. She had to move her wedding date because of the venue cancellation.
  22. The music made everyone want to move and dance.
  23. If we don't move now, we'll miss the opportunity entirely.
  24. He could barely move his arm after the injury.
  25. The board voted to move forward with the expansion plan.
  26. I'm trying to move on, but it's harder than I thought.
  27. The train began to move just as she jumped aboard.
  28. They decided to move in together after dating for two years.
  29. What made you move away from your hometown?
  30. The story's ending didn't move the audience the way the director hoped.

Common Phrases

  1. move on
  2. move forward
  3. move in
  4. make a move
  5. move out
  6. move up
  7. move along
  8. move away
  9. move past
  10. move fast
  11. move slowly
  12. move heaven and earth

Examples by Level

A1
  1. Can you move your bag off the chair?
  2. The baby started to move around in the crib.
A2
  1. My family is going to move to a new house next month.
  2. She watched the train move away from the station slowly.
B1
  1. Looking back, that decision to move across the country was the best thing I ever did.
  2. The news about his illness didn't move her the way he expected it would.
B2
  1. He'd been waiting for the right moment to move his career in a completely different direction.
  2. The film's portrayal of loss was so raw that it moved several people to tears.
C1
  1. What struck her most was how quickly people seemed willing to move past injustice when it no longer affected them directly.
  2. The chess grandmaster's decision to move his queen revealed a depth of strategy that took his opponent several minutes to fully comprehend.
C2
  1. There's something quietly devastating about watching someone you love move through the world as if you no longer exist in it.
  2. The artist's ability to move between abstraction and realism without losing coherence marked her as genuinely exceptional.

Examples by Scenario

๐Ÿ  Everyday Life
  1. I need to move my stuff out of the hallway before someone trips over it.
  2. The dog wouldn't move from his spot on the couch no matter how much I called him.
๐Ÿ’ผ Workplace
  1. We're going to move the team meeting to 2 PM so everyone can attend.
  2. If you want to move up in this department, you'll need to take on more responsibility.
๐Ÿ“Š Business
  1. The company decided to move their operations to a more cost-effective location.
  2. Our strategy is to move into the Asian market before our competitors do.
๐Ÿ›’ Buying / Shopping
  1. I'm trying to move these old furniture pieces before I buy anything new.
  2. The store is having a sale to move excess inventory from last season.
โœˆ๏ธ Travel
  1. We had to move our flight up by two hours because of the weather forecast.
  2. Traveling with kids means you have to move at their pace, not yours.
๐Ÿ“š Education
  1. The teacher asked the students to move into small groups for the project.
  2. She was so eager to move ahead that she skipped an entire grade level.
โค๏ธ Relationships
  1. We decided to move in together, and it's been the scariest and best decision we've made.
  2. He knew it was time to move on when he stopped checking her social media.
๐Ÿ“ฐ News / Politics
  1. The government announced plans to move the capital to a new city by 2030.
  2. Activists are pushing the administration to move faster on climate policy.
๐Ÿ’ป Technology
  1. The app lets you move files between devices with just a few taps.
  2. We're planning to move our entire system to the cloud next quarter.
๐Ÿ“ Formal Writing
  1. The research suggests that companies that move toward sustainable practices experience long-term financial benefits.
  2. The committee voted unanimously to move the proposal forward for further consideration.

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