motionless

adjective

Definition of motionlessnext
as in static
not moving The deer stood there absolutely motionless, listening attentively.

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Recent Examples of motionless On a recent afternoon outside the temple in central Kerala, Raman stood motionless as two children played, giggling and hugging its trunk. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 Even then, Uranus looked like a faint, motionless star rather than a glowing planet. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 July 2026 Taylor quickly rose to his feet to track down the ball and throw it into the infield, but Lasko remained on the ground motionless. — Zach Powell, New York Times, 1 July 2026 The video shows the motionless suspect in a gray hoodie lying facedown on a chair or sofa while still clutching the knife. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026 Her bus got within 2 miles of the stadium after 25 minutes, and then sat motionless for 30 minutes at Raytown Road and Ozark Road intersection. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026 Hodges then fell to the ground and appeared motionless. — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2026 The orbs disappeared quickly most of the time, but in one instance, the agents said an orb hovered motionless in the sky for several hours. — Collin Binkley, Fortune, 15 June 2026 Multitudes fell down and lay motionless. — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motionless
  1. static
  2. frozen
  3. still
  4. wooden
  5. blank
Adjective
  • History is useful here, not as analogy for its own sake but as a reminder that infrastructure is never static.
    — Charley Daitch, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Such a static conception of the American past flew in the face of the romantic patriotism that Obama appealed to Americans with, one rooted in a history of inevitable progress rooted in incessant struggle.
    — Mark Brilliant, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of static
Adjective
  • As Earth warms, an important source of methane is thawing permafrost, the permanently frozen ground found mostly in the Arctic.
    — Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
  • For the grand opening in Eagle the store offered sweet cream, chocolate, pistachio, strawberry, wild berry and frozen lemonade.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2026
Definition of frozen
Adjective
  • Firefighters were called to the 1300 block of West 73rd Street for a still and box fire.
    — CBS Chicago Team, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Now the second-most expensive Matisse painting to be sold at auction, La Chaise lorraine from 1919 is a still-life motif depicts a wooden chair upon which a plate of peaches is perched.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 25 June 2026
Definition of still
Adjective
  • In nearby Altadena, another wind phone sits in a wooden framed telephone booth with vertical glass windows at the end of a brick walkway.
    — Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Mary Ellen Brown, 68, stood in the back of the chapel and greeted those who walked inside, toward their usual pews, while Emily Lyons, almost 90, maneuvered her walker through the worn wooden doors.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of wooden
Adjective
  • Ying’s Brentwood hotel room was searched by law enforcement officers, who found that blank manuscripts that were in the style of those missing from UCLA, prosecutors said.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • Officials searched Ying’s hotel in Brentwood and found blank manuscripts and paperwork similar to the books that Ying had checked out from the university, according to the release.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of blank

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