motionless

Example Sentences

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Sharpe tumbled during her second run, losing her skis and poles and lying motionless on the snow.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

It showed remarkable resilience from Choi, after she had earlier taken a brutal fall in which she hit the icy lip of the pipe and flipped into its centre, lying motionless for some time.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

People lie on the sidewalk or stand hunched over and motionless.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

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

It’s weird to see Mom’s hands motionless in her lap.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan