Childhood lasts all through life. It returns to animate broad sections of adult life. . . . Poets will help us to find this living childhood within us, this permanent, durable immobile world. From LearnThat.org. [Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962), French philosopher.]
Ive learned which observation American English as dynamic rsther than than immobile is helpful for a classroom. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference
I could make good use of it now as I am kind of immobile for a while. From Wordnik.com. [foodbeam » Coconut macaroons – reading a good old favourite] Reference
Property is "immobile" capital within the U.S., and an investment in such an asset signals belief in the country's prosperity. From Wordnik.com. [A Back-To-Jefferson Solution For The Housing Crisis] Reference
She later told investigators that after the delivery, she felt "immobile," collapsed and slept for several hours. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
'immobile' detachments during, 92; action, breaking off a, 94; action, duties of dismounted men during, 259. From Wordnik.com. [Cavalry in Future Wars] Reference
His hangdog face is immobile, but his voice is bitter. From Wordnik.com. [Stempel's Revolution] Reference
Now, however, he had been immobile for several minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Mouse] Reference
But the masks were both uncomfortable and eerily immobile. From Wordnik.com. [When the Killing Stopped] Reference
Behind the chairs stood two negroes in spotless white, immobile. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
It was strange to see the shape of her body, silent and immobile. From Wordnik.com. [Who Lives on Barriedale Road?] Reference
She gazed in a kind of stupor at the immobile face of the detective. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
A small pocket, of static matter wakes from the sleep of the immobile. From Wordnik.com. [Human Spirit - a poem] Reference
This man of the world was suddenly a prisoner in his own immobile body. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind-Body Problem] Reference
He grew still, too -- immobile in the strange, yet peaceful, summer night. From Wordnik.com. [The Servant Problem] Reference
My job at night was to bring the toilet bucket to other immobile prisoners. From Wordnik.com. [Comrade Duch and the Killing Fields] Reference
Two sentries without the fence presented arms stiffly and remained immobile. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
Nipe's image sat immobile, surrounded by the paraphernalia in his hidden nest. From Wordnik.com. [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference
And then he sits immobile, as if welcoming the inevitable, smothering darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Krapp's Last Tape] Reference
Even immobile as he usually was, Coach Phillips could not refrain from smiling. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
My stomach a drink-holder, my legs as immobile as a dilapidated shopping trolley. From Wordnik.com. [The Getting of Ignorance] Reference
Kawa Kendi squatted immobile, but the others swayed and grunted softly in rhythm. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
Today's French and Italian leaders preside over their own immobile anciens régimes. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Protest] Reference
After, I'd pull away and stare at him, my face lit by moonlight, immobile, like Garbo. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary] Reference
And from the group within the council house, immobile, came the bass chorus of assent. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
Each is a musical description of an immobile scene illuminated by an always changing light. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Vittes: Young D'Artagnan on Schubert, Chemistry & Grace] Reference
Most of the time though, you lie immobile, fearful of diverting the conflict onto yourself. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit Upwelling] Reference
We all have a good laugh at backward Europe's immobile labor market, but now we have one too!. From Wordnik.com. [Table talk] Reference
Heldon Foyle rested his elbows on the table and remained in deep thought, immobile as a statue. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
Virtuous indignation and pained surprise struggled for expression upon her pasty, immobile face. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Wales Senior] Reference
His immobile features gave no sign that he was half inclined to believe the woman was gibing him. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
Light from the desk lamp framed his expressionless and immobile face, half in light, half in shadow. From Wordnik.com. [General Max Shorter] Reference
And his body was frozen immobile, his eyes locked on the cat's eyes, burning into the animal, the animal burning into him. From Wordnik.com. [The Monster] Reference
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