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As he broke from his intense movelessness and looked at us and came slowly towards us, I felt an awe of him.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

But we laid him down again and he sank into movelessness and a sleep of all the faculties.

From 1492 by Johnston, Mary

Had Mrs. Gammit stirred a muscle, he would have marked her; but in her movelessness her head and hand passed for some harmless natural phenomenon.

From The Backwoodsmen by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

In this atmosphere without mists, the sharp outlines of the coast, the dense movelessness of the aspect, has an indescribable effect.

From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent

“You know I was travelling to Japan for my health,” she said, as we lingered at the fire after dinner and delighted in the movelessness of loafing. 

From The Sea Wolf by London, Jack