Motionless

//ˈməʊʃənlɛs//

"Motionless" in a Sentence (13 examples)

The man lay motionless.

These special characteristics explain its preference for still-hunting (lying motionless beside a seal's breathing hole, waiting for one to surface).

A dog jumped onto the chair and lay motionless for five minutes.

A cat jumped onto the chair and lay motionless.

The tree stands motionless, clothed in twilight, thickly bedecked with dewdrops.

Tom stood motionless, listening carefully.

One who not long ago thought he had control over something is suddenly lying motionless in a wooden box, and when everyone around sees that such a person is no longer good for anything, they simply burned him up in an oven.

Tom is motionless.

Tom remained motionless.

He stood motionless, like a pillar of salt.

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Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows for the most part feeding unconcernedly, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.

Nothing could be more businesslike than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.

We remain motionless in the platform while the ex-Edinburgh draws forward, the points are set, and it is propelled back for attachment. The Edinburgh locomotive uncoupled, a brake test is performed and we're away.

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