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Meanings of motionless in English

Not in physical motion.

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Not moving.

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Examples for "immobile"
Examples for "immobile"
1
They crouched soundless and immobile for several long minutes, but nothing happened.
The Sword of Shannara
2
The keenest searching revealed nothing in the immobile face of the boy.
The City of Fire
3
In order to survive their immobile, exposed condition, they became virtuosic chemists.
On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
4
Yan is reported to have been mostly immobile and had difficulty speaking.
The Guardian
5
A ghost of a smile touched the immobile face of the native.
Man-Size
Usage of motionless in English
1
A sea of blue state police cars stood motionless ahead of them.
Dante's numbers
2
Three of them were paddling; the fourth sat motionless in the bow.
Flower of the North: A Modern Romance
3
It remained motionless; it stirred not under the hands of the child.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
4
The girl stood silent and motionless in the middle of the room.
The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot
5
He stood motionless; again it met his view; it seemed to approach.
The Scottish Chiefs
6
The white figure lay motionless in the middle of the great plain.
The Lost World
7
A hush fell on the church; everyone stood motionless in silent expectancy.
Urbain Grandier / Celebrated Crimes
8
His enemies lay in three dark and motionless heaps in the snow.
The Golden Snare
9
I sit motionless, terrified of the questions the men may ask me.
The kommandant's girl
10
All evening it had sat motionless in the bottom of the cage.
Where the Sun Swings North
11
It was really a limit of 16 hours motionless in this position.
The new yorker
12
Notice the wind-ripples on the pond; they have become fixed and motionless.
The Fairy-Land of Science
13
The mystery of the night and ocean was in her motionless posture.
Wolves of the Sea / Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manusc...
14
Only the solemn moonlight, only the motionless little figure in the arm-chair.
A Terrible Secret: A Novel
15
The flag stopped mid-way and dropped motionless in the still spring morning.
Captains of Industry; or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besi...
16
Garman struck his paddle in the bottom and held the canoe motionless.
The Plunderer
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Canada
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common