Reverence is a condition of thought and feeling which does not paralyze action, but kindles it; does not deaden sensibility, but quickens it.

He could play out his part to the end, and La Mothe would carry with him no sense of his master's frailty to paralyze action.

At this terrible moment, when thought paralyzes action, he was absorbed in thought.

This virtually paralyzes action, and makes flexible articulation impossible.