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
In the middle of the 20th century, skeptical intellectuals of the left, right and center mistrusted the power that moving pictures could wield over the masses, turning active citizens into passive spectators.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022
Others believe music and moving pictures do nothing at all, unless they’re already a safety cue.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021
Mr. Hull was taking all the children to the moving pictures the next afternoon.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
