How to Use locomotion in a Sentence

locomotion

noun
  • Walking is one form of locomotion.
  • It’s the tortoise and the hare—two species that both evolved for locomotion: one for sprinting, the other for endurance.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2020
  • It’s the tortoise and the hare—two species that both evolved for locomotion: one for sprinting, the other for endurance.
    — Popular Science, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Murphy also points to the problem of BB-8's locomotion in the desert.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2018
  • This is a tough cut of meat, coming from muscles around the bone that are used for locomotion and to hold the rib cage together.
    — Noelle Carter, charlotteobserver, 25 July 2017
  • This is a tough cut of meat, coming from muscles around the bone that are used for locomotion and to hold the rib cage together.
    — Noelle Carter, sacbee, 15 Aug. 2017
  • This is a tough cut of meat, coming from muscles around the bone that are used for locomotion and to hold the rib cage together.
    — Noelle Carter, sacbee, 15 Aug. 2017
  • The program is designed to slowly ease you in to two-wheeled locomotion.
    — Chuck Tannert, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2019
  • Samsung The whole left and right sides would spin for locomotion, while the center camera portion was kept steady.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2024
  • This threw a spanner in the works as far as the theory of human locomotion was concerned.
    — Bill Hatcher, National Geographic, 28 Feb. 2016
  • In research centers around the world, roboticists have for decades been on a quest to perfect bipedal locomotion in machines.
    — Peter Holley, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Dinosaur shrimp don’t have this option, so their locomotion is a bit like three steps forward, one step back.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Though the fat cells did seem to be moving themselves, their means of locomotion was unusual.
    — Douglas Quenqua, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Neurons on a chip help something like a robotic finger fall in love with the color blue or a robotic cat learn the basics of locomotion.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2018
  • His basic locomotion is a kick-and-hop, and that reckless onward rush is an ideal match for the animation that drives the film along.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The evolutionary ball started rolling, of course, when walking on two feet meant the hands were no longer needed for locomotion.
    — Madelaine Böhme, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Xia and colleagues theorized that the lack of tails in apes likely improved their locomotion.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The Phantom is a superb place to spend time, but locomotion adds little sensation beyond the fact that the view through the windows of gawping mortals starts to scroll.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Ashley Hammond, an expert on the evolution of locomotion in great apes and early humans, will take up the post on June 1.
    — Michael Balter, Scientific American, 21 May 2018
  • No matter their appearance, one thing all species of frogfish have in common is their strange mode of locomotion.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Disney hopes that their Judy Hopps robot will soon be able to use the help of a robotic tricycle, crate, or skateboard to enable new forms of locomotion.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Because their strut has taken them to the far reaches of Earth, studying their gait could inspire new forms of locomotion for micro-scale robots.
    — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The team was able to successfully demonstrate all of Cobra’s modes of locomotion and took home the Artemis Award, the competition’s top honors.
    — WIRED, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Overall, the gold mine is in the new form of locomotion created by a small army of independent, shape-shifting robots.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Will the Tesla bot do bipedal locomotion, the complex two-legged walking that humans have perfected over millions of years?
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The emergence of bipedalism kicked off a long phase of rampant evolutionary riffing on this form of locomotion.
    — Jeremy Desilva, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
  • This method of locomotion resembles the arm-swinging style that tree-loving primates use to cruise around the forest canopy, which is known as brachiation.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Less refined than their name suggests, mudskippers can use their front fins on land in a lurching style of locomotion called crutching.
    — National Geographic, 23 Apr. 2020
  • This compact powerhouse offers not one, not two, but three distinct modes of locomotion – walking, rolling and pivoting – all in one sleek package.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The team claims that by actively changing its shape to adapt to rough terrains, the robot improved locomotion across diverse environments.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2025

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