Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for immotile
Adjective
  • The protective materials used in most vehicles today are static, designed for specific impact scenarios and unable to adapt to varying conditions.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The latest tests from October 18 to 20 included a full-scale propellant rehearsal and a static-fire test, marking the XQ-3's entry into final flight preparation, with the first flight slated for November or December 2025.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Drone footage shows eight officers approach a motionless Green who appeared slumped over with a large pool of blood staining the driveway.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In a 20-second black and white video of the strike posted to X, a small boat can be seen apparently sitting motionless on the water when a long thin projectile descends on it, triggering an explosion.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The image of David was a still frame from a Hamas propaganda video.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • After tribal leader Javier Chocobar raised a still camera to record what the men were doing, one of them shot him dead.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Except when the characters are actually working among the vines, the cast’s performances are largely immobile and their speech declamatory.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The degree of difficulty rises significantly with the immobile Flacco, but the Bengals will be banking on his understanding of getting the ball out to avoid those hits.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The mixture was especially stuck to the hair from his eyebrows, eyelashes and three-day-old stubble, making its removal a long and painful process that involved Lorne Michaels calling in a plastic surgeon pal.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • To add to the hilarity, one of the dachshunds appeared to have chewed through a couch cushion and somehow gotten stuck inside it, with its head and legs filmed protruding through the torn fabric.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Immotile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immotile. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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