8 sentences with 'motion'
Example sentences and phrases with the word motion and other words derived from it.
• « In 1792, the Frenchman Dominique Larrey set in motion two- or four-wheeled carriages, with their interior suitably padded, for the exclusive transfer of the sick from one place to another: it was the first ambulance that began to run in the world. »
• « These theories by Galileo refuted Aristotelian physics, which had claimed that objects are only kept in motion when there is a direct impulse; Galileo demonstrated through experiments the principles of inertia and acceleration and began the task of mathematically defining their workings. »
• « This perspective lent itself to one in which God could be seen as a great scientist or watchmaker: the divine intelligence that created a perfect universe and then set it in motion. »
• « As it turned out, they didn't have to wait long to set in motion the military engagement of the Holy Alliance. The first liberal revolt against a conservative monarch occurred immediately after the Congress of Vienna in what had traditionally been one of the most conservative states in Europe: Spain. »
• « In the years following Napoleon's defeat, the conspiracy of army officers set in motion plans to force the Russian government to accept liberal reforms, especially a constitution guaranteeing basic rights and freeing the serfs. »
• « With her hand on the door handle, Carla followed the policeman with her eyes. Time passed in slow motion until, finally, another officer emerged from a patrol car with her son in his arms. »
• « Light and temperature set in motion our body's internal clock that regulates our lives and habits. »
• « Sound is produced by the vibratory motion of bodies and is transmitted through a medium such as air or water. »