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
Reducing McCullum's coaching to its most recognisable image - feet up, sunglasses in place, watching motionless from a balcony somewhere in the world - would always be wrong.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
In December, motionless Waymo vehicles clogged San Francisco streets after a power outage.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
For the giant is motionless, and its chest is pierced with an ominous spear that rises 3,000 feet into the sky.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
There was Mr. Patterson on the porch, motionless in his rocking chair, police radio chirping beside him.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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