1. She just went through the motions of being a poetess.

2. He went through the motions of welcoming her friends but then quickly left the room.

3. The authorities occasionally go through the motions of clamping down.

4. He belongs to a paper society which goes through the motions of life, in the air, notionally.

5. I remembered what it felt like to go through the motions of adult life, hoping that I was doing things the right way.

6. Children like to go through the motions of adults; it is a way of learning.

7. They go through the motions of releasing the latch from the space station.

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8. Actors go through the motions of different types of labor.

9. There are many teachers in schools and colleges who seem duller than the dullest of their pupils; they go through the motions of teaching, but they are as impersonal as a telephone.

10. A boy graduates from school, a daughter gets married. We go through the motions of the ceremony, but we don't seek out our children and find a quiet moment to tell them what they have meant to us.

11. The research also notes how common it is for managers to know in advance who will be promoted, even when they go through the motions of considering several candidates.

12. At best, children get involved in sports, but many merely go through the motions of a physical education class and barely learn how to do push ups and sit ups.

13. 'She looks a LOT like her friend, ' I'm thinking as we go through the motions of introducing ourselves.