moveless
Americanadjective
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A square of water, as blue as a banner, a liquid panel like a window into star-space, it dreams, moveless, in the white tile floor.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fire had burned down long since and there was no light but those strips and slants of dimness creeping across the circle, sketching out a face, a hand, a moveless back.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
The army of worshipers was reduced, in comparison to the space they entered, to a mere handful of pygmy, indistinct shapes, prostrate, kneeling, upright, silent, infinitesimal, moveless.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
Fixed and precise in his attitude, and moveless in his person, he poured forth his thoughts and views with a rapidity, yet distinctness, that startled one.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
His voice had subtly altered and he drew closer to her where she stood, moveless and straight against the dark foliage, her gaze averted.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Hallie Erminie Rives
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