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Motionless in sentence

278 examples of Motionless in a sentence

leaf will decay because we are removed, nor any branch become motionless although we can observe you no longer!--No;
Some lavender drops, however, which she was at length persuaded to take, were of use; and from that time till Mrs. Jennings returned, she continued on the bed quiet and motionless.
The Maharaj Kunwar stood motionless in the twilight, twinkling in his jewelled robes.
Mechanically he slipped from the saddle, and was on the other side of the horse as the rifle spoke, and a puff of blue smoke drifted up and hung motionless above the camel.
D’Artagnan remained for a moment motionless, asking himself where he could be; but soon a ray of light which penetrated through the chamber, together with the warm and perfumed air which reached him from the same aperture, the conversation of two of three ladies in language at once respectful and refined, and the word "Majesty" several times repeated, indicated clearly that he was in a closet attached to the queen’s apartment.
D’Artagnan, entirely overcome by this terrible story, remained motionless and mute, while all the demons of anger and jealousy were howling in his heart.
"Great God!" cried d’Artagnan, loosing his hold of her dress, and remaining mute, motionless, and frozen.
D’Artagnan then remembered the injunction: "If you value your own life or that of those who love you, remain motionless, and as if you had seen nothing."
The young man cast a glance at the first musket and saw, with a certain degree of inquietude, that it was leveled in his direction; but as soon as he perceived that the orifice of the barrel was motionless, he threw himself upon the ground.
Nevertheless, she remained motionless.
He was of pale complexion, with clear blue eyes, rather deeply set; his mouth, fine and well cut, remained motionless in its correct lines; his chin, strongly marked, denoted that strength of will which in the ordinary Britannic type denotes mostly nothing but obstinacy; a brow a little receding, as is proper for poets, enthusiasts, and soldiers, was scarcely shaded by short thin hair which, like the beard which covered the lower part of his face, was of a beautiful deep chestnut color.
He knew her well enough in all cases to know that, whether acting for or against him, as a friend or an enemy, she would not remain motionless without great impediments; but whence did these impediments arise?
The four young men, standing and motionless, followed him with their eyes without speaking a single word until he had disappeared.
The young officer, however, remained mute and motionless; his look alone had spoken.
My God, I am lost!"Felton remained standing, motionless and undecided.
Pale, motionless, overwhelmed by this frightful revelation, dazzled by the superhuman beauty of this woman who unveiled herself before him with an immodesty which appeared to him sublime, he ended by falling on his knees before her as the early Christians did before those pure and holy martyrs whom the persecution of the emperors gave up in the circus to the sanguinary sensuality of the populace.
Both remained suspended, motionless and breathless, within twenty paces of the ground, while the patrol passed beneath them laughing and talking.
Bonacieux remained standing, mute, motionless, and pale as a statue.
On the left was an old abandoned mill, with its motionless wings, from the ruins of which an owl threw out its shrill, periodical, and monotonous cry.
More than once I dropped down motionless.
"Whilst you were lying there motionless, I went to examine the conformation of that gallery.
When I reopened them I saw my two companions motionless and rolled up in their coverings.
We remain motionless, ready to fire.
The sky is calm and motionless.
It lies motionless, as if asleep; the sea seems unable to move it in the least; it is the waves that undulate upon its sides.
The rudder stands motionless in a sluggish, waveless sea.
The raft lay motionless.
I looked back at the platform when we had left it far behind, and saw the tall, austere figure of Holmes standing motionless and gazing after us.
The light shone steadily as if he were standing motionless.
There was the sharp pinnacle of granite still cutting the lower edge of the moon, but its peak bore no trace of that silent and motionless figure.
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