That alone which he describes as immobility belongs to the circular movement. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
But there's less evidence that the problem of income immobility is growing. From Wordnik.com. [Inequality, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
But, on the other hand, the phenomenon I would call segregation, in its proper meaning of isolation or immobility, is very pervasive. From Wordnik.com. [Distribution of Income in Canada] Reference
Her eyes confronted the stone and her whole being froze in immobility. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence Crandall, Woman of Courage] Reference
Théo did not move, but his immobility was the motionlessness of extreme tension. From Wordnik.com. [The Halo] Reference
While I was living through that stasis it was an awful, awful time but in a strange way it was a productive kind of immobility Nietzsche would probably approve of my pain. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
Silvani -- May I beg a moment of immobility, Madame?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then they settled back into their former immobility. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915] Reference
'Niram moved at last from his Indian-like immobility. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
There was a sudden immobility as Brion succeeded in clutching. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
His dullness and immobility had increased almost to a stupor. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
Stillness is a delusion, and immobility a fiction of the senses. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit and Music] Reference
Surprised at this statue-like immobility, Maulear approached the young girl. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
The strange fowl's intent look, its utter immobility, somewhat disconcerted him. From Wordnik.com. [The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds] Reference
He strode toward the two younger men, who stood silently, shocked into immobility. From Wordnik.com. [Despoilers of the Golden Empire] Reference
Deceived by the immobility of the waiting pair, the driver had increased his pace. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
Does cultivating a talent for immobility seem like an odd pastime for a 6-year-old?. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange World Of Jonbenet] Reference
She did not dare to look at her watch for fear of seeing in it the immobility of time. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
With some appearance of caution he balanced his unstable footing into absolute immobility. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
While ownership may produce more stable communities, it has contributed to labor immobility. From Wordnik.com. [Do We Need Fannie And Freddie?] Reference
He called to the other men who were watching the unequal battle with expressionless immobility. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
The head of Camors, turned on the pillow, seemed already to have assumed a death-like immobility. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
After a sharp expulsion of his breath he resumed that immobility which extended even to his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
For a moment the whole evening scene, red with the late light, was set in the mould of immobility. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Perfect immobility may also be seen in children who are entirely unconscious although not exhausted. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
Local respiratory immobility of the thoracic parietes and consequent asymmetry of movement were constant. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
I have no faith in the silence and immobility of which he has sought to persuade us these two years past. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He was sorry he had put the question as he saw the slow shudder which for a moment convulsed her immobility. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
When they entered the decorated room, Copplestone's strange immobility flashed upon him with startling suddenness. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
Local tenderness, pain, and immobility developed over the lower quarter of the abdomen, extending to the right iliac fossa. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
She kept for a while a profound immobility, which added to her personal attraction the charm of things that art had created. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Maybe you believe you could live with the pain, or the immobility, or the incontinence, or the fear, or the loss of literacy. From Wordnik.com. [In A Peaceful Frame Of Mind] Reference
She could not but perceive his emotion; the tribute of a glance beyond control, despite the proud immobility of his features. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
States, notwithstanding their apparent immobility, have long been unconsciously preparing to follow in the same path of safety. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
The bowels acted the day after he was shot, and, except for some local tenderness and immobility, no abdominal signs were noted. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
It entirely supports all that has been said of the rigid character of Muhammadan Law, and of the immobility of systems founded thereon. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
The bull-terrier, disheartened by this immobility, sat on its haunches, and regarded the two doubtfully, perhaps prudishly disapproving. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
Despite this outward immobility, the strain of these colossal operations upon his brain and nerves cannot be otherwise than very wearing. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
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