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Recent Examples of motionlessly
Viewers were able to see the security camera footage of the boxer staring deep into the lens' soul and sitting motionlessly in front of it for the duration of the 14-second clip.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motionlessly
Adverb
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Suárez only faced one more batter in the first, but Ramón Urías didn’t go quietly.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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The town of Red Ash was abandoned in the 1950s, and today, the island lies quietly as a part of West Virginia’s history, with just a handful of headstones remaining.—
Jordan Charbonneau,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The Defense Department and several congressional Republicans have insisted the survivors may have still been in the fight, warranting the follow-on strike.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Back then, Motta was still in law school and Alfortish had only just been released from prison.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Motionlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motionlessly. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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