as in static
not moving
The deer stood there absolutely motionless, listening attentively.
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Recent Examples of motionless
Hakam appeared motionless, as guests tended to him.
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Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
The lengthy pre-copulation stage involved all three sharks motionless on the seafloor for nearly an hour, after which the female started swimming with one male shark biting onto each of her pectoral fins.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
Watching mainstream British politicians obsess over the threat of Farage is a bit like watching the video on the internet of the guy standing motionless on the beach in Thailand, the water draining around his ankles, waiting for the tsunami to arrive.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
My 8-year-old big sister, Lisa, clothed in her first communion dress and veil, her treasured rosary draped in her hands, lay motionless and cold amid the white silken lining, her head upon a white satin pillow.
—Patti Newton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
The video, which bears a watermark suggesting it was livestreamed on the video platform Kick, showed Jackson straddling Smith before repeatedly punching him in the face and the side of his head, even when Smith was lying motionless.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
The alligators of Arctic Canada lay motionless in the swamps to wait out months of polar night, as dawn redwoods filtered the starlight.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Anderson, a senior, was initially motionless and face down after his head appeared to hit Raridon around the thigh following a 25-yard throw down the right hash marks.
—Lauren Merola, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The missions led to several breakthroughs, including a motionless lane-switch mechanism, a safer magnetic levitation system, and improved structural resilience.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
The lengthy pre-copulation stage involved all three sharks motionless on the seafloor for nearly an hour, after which the female started swimming with one male shark biting onto each of her pectoral fins.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
Watching mainstream British politicians obsess over the threat of Farage is a bit like watching the video on the internet of the guy standing motionless on the beach in Thailand, the water draining around his ankles, waiting for the tsunami to arrive.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
My 8-year-old big sister, Lisa, clothed in her first communion dress and veil, her treasured rosary draped in her hands, lay motionless and cold amid the white silken lining, her head upon a white satin pillow.
—Patti Newton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
The video, which bears a watermark suggesting it was livestreamed on the video platform Kick, showed Jackson straddling Smith before repeatedly punching him in the face and the side of his head, even when Smith was lying motionless.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
The alligators of Arctic Canada lay motionless in the swamps to wait out months of polar night, as dawn redwoods filtered the starlight.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Anderson, a senior, was initially motionless and face down after his head appeared to hit Raridon around the thigh following a 25-yard throw down the right hash marks.
—Lauren Merola, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The missions led to several breakthroughs, including a motionless lane-switch mechanism, a safer magnetic levitation system, and improved structural resilience.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motionless
Adjective
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The audience for wax museums is melting away in the digital age, when posing with a static dummy has come to feel rather quaint.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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The plans show defense spending next year would stay largely static, and would be funded with tax hikes amid increasingly dour growth forecasts.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Midtown café offers an extensive menu of beverages, including various coffees, slushes and a frozen white chocolate.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The researchers found that live ants worked much better than dehydrated and frozen ants as a starter for fermentation.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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The still photo is one of the iconic images of the Vietnam War, but NBC also filmed the killing.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This wooden foot massager roller features an arched design and rows of nubs to hit different acupressure points to provide relief.—
L. Daniela Alvarez,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Sep. 2025
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The judge gestured at Lindor to take a seat in one of the courtroom’s wooden pew benches.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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One tactic to deal with lower demand and softer rates could be blank sailings.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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If portions of the page appear blank and an ad blocker is enabled, please disable the ad blocker and refresh the page to ensure full access to the content.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Motionless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motionless. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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