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How to use animation in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Animation means the act of animating, or giving life or spirit. Example: “He recited the story with great animation.”

Examples of animation by meaning

nounThe state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness.

  • He recited the story with great animation.

nounConversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category.

  • In particular animation and disanimation can temporarily suspend the system."1992, Samuel E. Martin, A Reference Grammar of Korean, page 291

More sentences with animation

  • Bézier curves are applied, for example in computer graphics and animation, to produce smooth, infinitely scalable curves.From the entry Bézier curve
  • In the United States, Japanese animation has had a tremendous surge in popularity over the last few years.From the entry Japanese
  • Shoutout to Ben for his work on the animation.From the entry shout-out
  • That was a test animation, so I blammed it.From the entry blam
  • Cameraless animation involves drawing each frame directly onto film.From the entry cameraless
  • Her new film is an abstract piece, combining elements of magic realism, flashbacks, and animation but with very little in terms of plot construction.From the entry abstract
  • Since we built the website with graceful degradation in mind, it will replace animations with textual cues if JavaScript is not available.From the entry graceful degradation
  • Zelda and Link, or “Zelink” for short, has inspired fanfic and fan-made animations.2023 May 23, Ana Diaz, “Are Zelda and Link a couple? It’s... complicated”, in Polygon, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2023. From the entry Zelink
  • However, the animation is delightful & overall I enjoyed this X-Menesque Disney family drama.2021 December 26, @Gibboanxious, X, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026. From the entry X-Menesque
  • Step right up, theydies and gentlethems, to the animation and comics battle of the century.2020 July 20, S.W. Sondheimer, “Aang vs. Korra: Avatar Battle”, in Book Riot, Riot New Media Group, Inc., archived from the original on 28…. From the entry theydies and gentlethems
  • Lightning is a very quick and simple animation technique that can easily be overanimated.2013, Chris Georgenes, How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS6: The Art of Design and Animation. From the entry keyframe
  • The animation is superb, with high level fluid sakuga being prominent throughout.2013, Luke Halliday, Cowboy Bebop Remastered Sessions Collection 1 Review, Capsule Computers. From the entry sakuga
  • He is also the creator of a genre of Flash animation known as animutation.2011, Greg Jarboe, “Month 2: Create Content Worth Sharing”, in YouTube and Video Marketing: An Hour a Day, 2nd edition, Hoboken, N.J.…. From the entry animutation
  • The show includes computer interactives, animation, models and live parakeets (for an exercise in species identification).2009 June 26, Laurel Graeber, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times. From the entry interactive
  • The two most important and advanced ingredients of today's animation are tweening and morphing.2004, D. P. Mukherjee, Fundamentals of Computer Graphics and Multimedia, page 117. From the entry tween
  • Do you have specific questions after seeing the earlier sound and animation sessions?1990 July 3, Grant Delaney, “What's Going to Happen in Kansas City (Long)”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet), retrieved 15 Dec 2016, message-ID…. From the entry hackfest
  • He could see that my trimensional animation process would be perfect for children's films.1986, Art Clokey, “Foreward”, in Gumby: The Authorized Biography of the World's Favorite Clayboy, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN…. From the entry trimensional
  • Likely as not, it is simply an animation of the familiar euphemism, "the family jewels."1971 July 5, R. Z. Sheppard, “Three's a Crowd”, in Time. From the entry family jewels
  • A previewing railfan pointed out a mistake in the animation showing articulation.1961, Augustus Wolfman, Photo Methods for Industry. From the entry railfan
  • Verve, I mean, and animation and all that sort of thing.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry verve
  • Foundry has released Katana 9.0, the new version of its lighting and look development software for VFX and feature animation work.2026 February 18, Jim Thacker, “Foundry releases Katana 9.0”, in CG Channel, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2026. From the entry look development
  • Imperfect themes aside, what the first Zootopia had going for it was its gorgeous animation and evocative character design.2025 November 25, Caroline Siede, “Zootopia 2 is a stagnant sequel with one stellar subplot”, in AV Club. From the entry expressivity
  • Grace's artistic dreams (of animation, of course) are punctured by her isolated existence; Gilbert's pyrophilia is smothered by religious extremism.2024 October 23, Jacob Oller, “Clay Weepy Memoir Of A Snail Crawls through a Gauntlet of Misery”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the…. From the entry woebegone
  • Grace’s artistic dreams (of animation, of course) are punctured by her isolated existence; Gilbert’s pyrophilia is smothered by religious extremism.2024 October 23, Jacob Oller, “Clay weepy Memoir Of A Snail crawls through a gauntlet of misery”, in AV Club. From the entry puncture
  • The aesthetic of most of the gemsonas follows popular, mostly American animation character forms, although some anime styles are also found.2022, Frenchy Lunning, Cosplay: The Fictional Mode of Existence, unnumbered page. From the entry gemsona
  • Computer animation is achieved by using a flipcard analogy.2017, Charles W. Kann, Creating Components, page 96. From the entry flipcard
  • The animation may have improved, but the essence, the heart, the quintessentialness of anime and manga, is gone.2015, Derek Padula, Dragon Soul: 30 Years of Dragon Ball Fandom. From the entry quintessentialness
  • Since there are many cinesthetic bodies in animation, who is to say that their genders are fixed by a priori assumptions?2013, Donald Crafton, “Coda: The Shadow of a Mouse’s Tail”, in Shadow of a Mouse: Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation…. From the entry animatrix
  • For whatever reason – the terrible animation or the absurd dialogue, most likely – these cutscenes are popular among poopers.2012 November 3, Brad Evan Rosen, “YouTube Poop: Meme as Art, Community – by “William A – YLT2012””, in Yale Law Tech. From the entry pooper
  • Unless the animation also autoreverses, the animation will “jump” from its end to its start to begin the next repetition.2011, Matt Neuburg, Programming iOS 4, page 363. From the entry autoreverse
  • The sole occupant reposed in comfort within a bubble of protective superplasma in a state of suspended animation.2009, Wayne Berry, Is This the Fun Part?: An Anthology, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 266. From the entry superplasma
  • Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi used Flash animation to bring cartoons (sometimes called online cartoons or webtoons) to the Internet.2008, Don Rauf, Monique Vescia, Virtual Apprentice: Cartoon Animator, page 29. From the entry webtoon
  • Many commercial 3D computer animation packages that are available today use Euler angles to describe and change orientations of objects.2008, Midori Kitagawa, Brian Windsor, MoCap for Artists: Workflow and Techniques for Motion Capture, Elsevier (Focal Press), page 188. From the entry Euler angle
  • This piece of code, shown below, is possibly the shortest fully functional M3G animation player you can write.2008, Kari Pulli, Tomi Aarnio, Ville Miettinen, Kimmo Roimela, Jani Vaarala, Mobile 3D Graphics with OpenGL ES and M3G, Burlington, Mass.…. From the entry Hello, World
  • Full motion video (FMV) is a popular term for pre-recorded TV-quality movie or animation in a video game.2007, Jielin Dong, Network Dictionary, page 206. From the entry full motion video
  • Almost human in appearance, yet not quite, the characters in 3-D computer animations are more disturbing than overt caricatures.2007, Jonathon Keats, Control + Alt + Delete: A Dictionary of Cyberslang. From the entry uncanny valley
  • Animated Spokescritters adopted by ASPCA from the Walt Disney animation studios began to appear in public service announcements.2007, Marion S Lane, Stephen L. Zawistowski, Heritage of Care. From the entry spokescritter
  • Hey pals, I have a whole bunch of articles about classic animation history and styles, but I'm stuck for the moment.2006 April 26, John K, “Help me do some Rubber Hose crap”, in johnkstuff.blogspot.com. From the entry rubber hose

Meaning of animation

  1. noun The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
  2. noun A sequence of still drawings or inanimate objects displayed in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) produced.
  3. noun The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness.

Full definition of animation

Questions about animation in a sentence

How do you use animation in a sentence?
Animation is used as a noun. For example: “He recited the story with great animation.”
What is a short sentence with animation?
“He recited the story with great animation.”
What does animation mean?
Animation means the act of animating, or giving life or spirit.

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