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Meanings of motionlessness in English

Catalan
immobilitat
Spanish
inmovilidad

A state of no motion or movement.

immobilitat
Synonyms
Examples for "stillness"
Examples for "stillness"
1
They laid it in the grave in the stillness of the night.
I.N.R.I.: A prisoner's Story of the Cross
2
Down in the cabins the tired men slept peacefully; stillness and solitude.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
3
The regular droning of the old clock sounded distinctly in the stillness.
The Voice of the People
4
And in the stillness she heard the regular snoring of M. Carlier.
The Old Wives' Tale
5
The jury appeared in their box; and there was a breathless stillness.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
1
For the moment this lifelessness was not observed by the hungry castaways.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
2
He seems to be almost hypnotized into a state of abject lifelessness.
The Art of the Exposition / Personal Impressions of the Architec...
3
The first of these is the comparative lifelessness of the book.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 01
4
It was very heavy, and the lifelessness of it shocked her.
The Game
5
The play remains a study in isolation, moral bankruptcy and lifelessness.
The Irish Times
Usage of motionlessness in English
1
Nothing stirred, I say; there was an affrighting solemnity of motionlessness everywhere.
The Frozen Pirate
2
There was a strange motionlessness of everything in that pretty little cabin.
The Mirror of the Sea
3
But something about her very motionlessness struck a chill to his heart.
The Squirrel-Cage
4
All about Michelis the jungle stood frozen in a riot of motionlessness.
A Case of Conscience
5
The motionlessness of the train was so absolute as to be disconcerting; also a scandal.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 24, 1917
6
After a long moment of motionlessness Spade's muscles relaxed.
The maltese falcon
7
They hark back; they expect motionlessness after, say, fifty, to the end of one's days.
The Enchanted April
8
In other words, he would have won the Brooks Prize for perfect motionlessness in one place.
The Silent Bullet
9
It suggested slowness, sluggishness, and an eventual motionlessness.
Dayworld
10
Not in cold motionlessness consists eternal life, but in eternal movement, in eternal alteration, in incessant change.
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
11
It was only the eye that was deceived, not the nose-atleast, not the polecat's nose-bymotionlessness.
The Way of the Wild
12
Perfectly stationary, not even sweaty, he was well on his way to shattering the world record for motionlessness.
The man who ate the 747
13
The motionlessness record is 18 hours 5 minutes 50 seconds.
The man who ate the 747
14
Tsiganok slept during the nights soundly, without stirring, in unchanging yet live motionlessness, like a wire spring in temporary inactivity.
The Seven Who Were Hanged
15
Waves of coldness broke on her mind; her whole body would have shuddered had not fear chilled her into motionlessness.
The Night Horseman
16
Oliver started uncontrollably, but relapsed again to bright-eyed intelligence as for an instant the President glanced up from his motionlessness.
Lord of the World
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Translations for motionlessness
Motionlessness through the time