motionless

Example Sentences

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The 33-year-old Canadian tumbled during her second run, losing her skis and poles and lying motionless on the snow.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The cub was found sitting, motionless, in the middle of Hillcrest Parkway near Olympic Street in Castaic just before 1 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

The boy's mother said she saw her son motionless on the floor and her heart sank.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

These motionless atoms have a major effect on how a liquid turns into a solid, including the creation of an unusual state of matter known as a corralled supercooled liquid.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2025

He squatted on the ground, as frogs do, blinked in what seemed to Abel a smug way, and remained motionless.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig