immobile

Example Sentences

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"Haven't stood on my feet in over a week... been in a hospital bed immobile since my race," she said in a social media post.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

The 20-year-old was initially diagnosed with tonsillitis and prescribed antibiotics, however his condition deteriorated and he became immobile with severe leg pain.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Predictably too, the greatest burden of taxes fell on the most immobile, who lost their employment, not on the corporations that formally bore the burden of the tax.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Many of those who died were reportedly immobile.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

There were also soldiers standing in groups, dazed and immobile, and wrapped like the men on the ground in filthy bandages.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan