help with understanding sin wave movement with shapes

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Hey there,
Probably a very simple question for most of you. I've never really understood using co/sin to move things around so I figured I'd give it a shot. I'm kind of coffee'd out and I don't think my attention will hold long so I'm giving up for now. Here is a patch I made:

What I want is a wave (like a flag) to go through the shapes from top left to bottom right. I'm using the Z axis for this with moveto.

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Anyone?

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In case this is of interest to a future civilization, here's how I solved it