immobile

Example Sentences

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Held on to a couple of key catches at slip, but also looked immobile in the cordon.

From BBC

The then-24-year-old landed on his head, authorities said, breaking vertebrae in his neck and spine and leaving him mostly immobile from the chest down.

From Washington Post

In theaters and concert halls, audience members are seated close together, immobile for the duration of a performance.

From New York Times

The filter-feeding crustaceans—familiar sights on rocky shores or the hulls of boats—were long thought to be completely immobile.

From Science Magazine

When the researchers removed the tail from the simulation or kept it from moving, the dinosaur started rotating its pelvis differently to compensate for the missing or immobile tail.

From Scientific American