Motioning is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Motioning meaning
present participle and gerund of motion
Using Motioning
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of motion
- In the example corpus, motioning often appears in combinations such as: motioning to, before motioning.
Context around Motioning
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Motioning
- In this selection, "motioning" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dominguez, kept, continue, inside, chase and toward stand out and add context to how "motioning" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include dive by motioning chase the and elvis dominguez motioning from the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "motioning" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with motioning
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bradley head coach Elvis Dominguez motioning from the dugout. (9 words)
Stop!” before motioning to those below to knock it off. (10 words)
Lions kept motioning a WR very tight to add an extra blocker. (12 words)
On the third down play, they ran an inside zone, and then on the fourth down, they attempted to disguise what was essentially a fullback dive by motioning Chase (the wide receiver) into the tailback spot of the I-formation. (40 words)
An officer who identified himself as Detective Roy Morrish was standing at the forefront of the unit, motioning officers to unzip the large sports bag Micalizzi had loaded onto the cargo hold 15 hours prior. (35 words)
Penn State ran a trick play a few yards out from the goal line late in the first quarter, with Allar lining out wide before motioning inside to get the pitch. (31 words)
Example sentences (12)
Bradley head coach Elvis Dominguez motioning from the dugout.
Lions kept motioning a WR very tight to add an extra blocker.
Penn State ran a trick play a few yards out from the goal line late in the first quarter, with Allar lining out wide before motioning inside to get the pitch.
Stop!” before motioning to those below to knock it off.
On the third down play, they ran an inside zone, and then on the fourth down, they attempted to disguise what was essentially a fullback dive by motioning Chase (the wide receiver) into the tailback spot of the I-formation.
Swift continued strumming her guitar while motioning over to the person in need of help.
But the Unified police officer urged her to continue, motioning to her that he wanted a sex act, he later wrote in a 2018 police report.
I asked, motioning toward a train line I’d never taken a day in my life.
An officer who identified himself as Detective Roy Morrish was standing at the forefront of the unit, motioning officers to unzip the large sports bag Micalizzi had loaded onto the cargo hold 15 hours prior.
I marched to the back and took my seat, ignoring the attendant motioning for me to sit in the front.
Thaaking12 - whose real name is Al Rainer - then lays briefly on his back before doing a kick up and motioning to the camera that he is in his element.
Will it go back like this?" he added, motioning up and down with his hand.
Common combinations with motioning
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- motioning to 4×
- before motioning 2×