Sentence examples for as motionless as from inspiring English sources

The phrase "as motionless as" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something or someone that is completely still or not moving at all, often in a simile.
Example: "The statue stood in the garden, as motionless as a sentinel watching over the flowers."
Alternatives: "as still as" or "as quiet as".

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They slept on cots, on tile floors and on luggage carousels, as motionless as the planes outside.

On YouTube, dozens of videos show visitors marveling at long lines of cars as motionless as a corpse, or drivers shamelessly ignoring red lights while traffic cops watch.

None of this hectic drama came across, though, as the cast stood as motionless as the stone blocks that obstruct the stage in Alison Chitty's sparse grey design.

Along Seventh Avenue, Dan Murray, a street vendor, sold "I Love NY" T-shirts, while rows of black umbrellas hung as motionless as stalactites.

He later filmed a young woman standing as motionless as a mannequin on a revolving turntable, wearing a succession of rudimentary garments he had made.

Mr. Asadourian's own son, as motionless as his father during the story, flipped the electric switch on his chair and rolled out of the room.

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The Times's critic was similarly dispirited; he conceded that Play was "desolately poetic" but found it as "motionless, impersonal and sterile" as the relationships it described.

At times the two artists were as motionless and supine in the water as waiting crocodiles or floating logs.

A minimum principle for the velocities is established, from which it is shown in particular that the structure remains motionless as far as the loading belongs to the domain of safe loadings, while flow failure is triggered as soon as it is loaded beyond its limit load.

They were instructed to relax and keep motionless as much as possible.

During the resting-state session, the subjects were instructed to keep their eyes closed without falling asleep, relax their mind, and remain motionless as much as possible.

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