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

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

It is hoped a device adapted to allow immobile female hospital patients to go to the toilet more easily could be rolled out nationwide.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025

A nurse later told Lyudmila her mother had arrived in hospital with severe bedsores, suggesting she had been immobile for some time.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

They rendered him immobile, helpless, as the familiar voice rose from the back of his mind.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray