moving pictures
Example Sentences
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To mention the most popular moan, the silver screen has been losing its monopoly on displaying moving pictures since the arrival of TV in the 1940s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
Dustin Nguyen plays Son Pham, a Vietnamese American gangster, civilized, but not in the slimy way gangsters are sometimes civilized in the moving pictures, with Kiều Chinh as his steely mother.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025
They even hesitantly embraced the advent of new technology like the telephone and moving pictures.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024
He was among the first openly gay filmmakers and a pioneer in using soundtracks as counterpoints to moving pictures.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2023
Man, I couldn’t believe it, I’d slept as long as those rich folks in the moving pictures!
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
