The utter motionlessness of a marble statue. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a motionless statue. From Dictionary.com.
She seemed to fight him with her cramped motionlessness. From Wordnik.com. ['The City & The City'] Reference
This motionlessness now is awe; nothing more, nothing less. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
The man had gone from absolute motionlessness to the speed of sound. From Wordnik.com. [Harvest] Reference
XV All about Michelis the jungle stood frozen in a riot of motionlessness. From Wordnik.com. [A Case Of Conscience]
It lay in her hand with the absolute motionlessness of a caught wild thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
There was something about their very silence, their motionlessness, that was chilling. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Now that it had commenced, the transition from absolute motionlessness to rapid movement was irrevocable. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
Wincing as he moved joints stiff from hours of motionlessness, Edwin half-turned to see who had joined him. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons at War]
He froze into motionlessness and the blood-lust in his black eyes gave way to a look of startled recognition. From Wordnik.com. [The Conan Chronicles]
He froze into motionlessness, and the blood-lust in his black eyes gave way to a look of startled recognition. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquering Sword of Conan]
At the far end of the patio the chickens were scratching under the silent motionlessness of ragged banana-trees. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
Once beneath the surface the erratic rise and fall of the tiny swell was gone, and there was a blessed motionlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Fantastic Voyage]
That motionlessness made the shadows that darkened the mountains to the east and marched down toward the fort all the more ominous. From Wordnik.com. [The Soprano Sorceress]
Now she sat framed in by the yellow-and-white foam, that had settled to motionlessness, -- an island in the midst of waves of memory. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
The utter motionlessness of the being gave Saavik the impression of enormous potential energy preparing to translate itself into motion. From Wordnik.com. [THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK] Reference
There are the synaptic flashes which launch the patients' awakenings and never far behind the dissolutions into motionlessness and silence. From Wordnik.com. [Rambert Dance Company – review] Reference
Brooks Prize for perfect motionlessness in one place. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Bullet] Reference
Wherein "We" accept Treason & Tyranny in motionlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com] Reference
The silence and motionlessness of the whole added to its awfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Paris Sketch Book] Reference
Then there was silence; a feeling of utter quiet and motionlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Space Prison] Reference
But something about her very motionlessness struck a chill to his heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Squirrel-Cage] Reference
There was a strange motionlessness of everything in that pretty little cabin. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of the Sea] Reference
"Why, Chris!" said Ralph, and stopped, astonished at the other's motionlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Achievement] Reference
Théo did not move, but his immobility was the motionlessness of extreme tension. From Wordnik.com. [The Halo] Reference
Brief delays at stop signs are tolerated, but longer periods of motionlessness are not. From Wordnik.com. [Callapidder Days] Reference
They hark back; they expect motionlessness after, say, fifty, to the end of one's days. From Wordnik.com. [The Enchanted April] Reference
Nothing stirred, I say; there was an affrighting solemnity of motionlessness everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Frozen Pirate] Reference
Karl forgot the lay-figure, leaving it in busy motionlessness all night before the easel. From Wordnik.com. [The Portent & Other Stories] Reference
A far higher development is needful before music can be enjoyed in silence and motionlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicar's Daughter] Reference
The depiction of human beings in situations of motionlessness assumes great significance in art. From Wordnik.com. [Art Knowledge News] Reference
He is silent still; the horror of him is increased by his silence and motionlessness and his metal mask. From Wordnik.com. [The Wagnerian Romances] Reference
So they got up and went home, and Karl forgot the lay-figure, leaving it in busy motionlessness all night before the easel. From Wordnik.com. [Adela Cathcart, Volume 3] Reference
He cringed at her feet; he leaped upon her; he saw in her his saviour from the terrible silence and cold and motionlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Heather and Snow] Reference
I watched him till he was out of sight; all the while I was conscious of an utter motionlessness in Elsa's figure beside me. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Mirror] Reference
But in a moment more the young man, becoming uneasy at the motionlessness of his wife, lifted up her head, and glanced in her face. From Wordnik.com. [Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood] Reference
These signs and the contrast of her mute motionlessness with her usual vivacity of speech and expression and gesture made him uneasy. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise] Reference
They were wild, bold, ravenous; their red eyes glaring upon me as if they waited but for motionlessness on my part to make me their prey. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2] Reference
A terrifying minute of silence and motionlessness elapses, after which, slowly, the crosses totter, the mounds open, the slabs rise up. From Wordnik.com. [The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts] Reference
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