| 单词 | immobility |
| 例句 | My immobility must have seemed a challenge to him, for he pulled his gun. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he realized, by the immobility of the other children and by the way they avoided looking at him, that it was he who was selected for punishment. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Until dawn, when the stars went out one by one, and the grey light changed the sculptured figures back into immobility. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Their sweet Leader returned to them, rock-cold in the iron immobility of death. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, suddenly, after a quarter of an hour’s complete immobility, his eyebrows began to move slowly up his forehead. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z From the summit, the apparent immobility of the vast blue distance was broken, here and there, by wisps of smoke and tiny, momentary flashes of glass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z How might one prepare, locked in most complete immobility? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “What then, Die?” he replied, maintaining a marble immobility of feature. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He had dropped down on to one knee and with head bowed seemed to be pushing at the trolley before him, which for some reason had taken on an obstinate immobility. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z My most persistent emotion in working with the Viking lander pictures was frustration at our immobility. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Esteban Trueba spent four months wrapped in bandages, stiff as a board from splints, patches, and hooks, in a dreadful torment of itching and immobility, and consumed by impatience. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It crouches there, terrified, unable to move, hoping to save itself by its immobility. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z This whole time I’d been rooted in place, terrified into absolute immobility. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z From there, through a window, he could watch the work progressing and shout his instructions, boiling with rage at his protracted immobility. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I found myself unconsciously urging the spacecraft at least to stand on its tiptoes, as if this laboratory, designed for immobility, were perversely refusing to manage even a little hop. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Nivea would pull Clara’s braids and that would be enough to wake her daughter from her mad distraction and return the saltcellar to immobility. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Because scientists at the University of Lausanne measured both duration of body immobility and heart rate, they did not make the mistake of concluding that oxytocin reduced the intensity of a rat’s fear. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z No sooner had he lamented his enforced immobility than he brightened up. Akram Khan Troupe in Montclair While Khan Recovers From Injury 2012-02-02T22:51:29Z Though “High Dive” is, on its surface, about an attempted assassination, what it’s really about is working-class disappointment — from immobility, political neglect and scattered daily humiliations. Review: Jonathan Lee’s ‘High Dive’ Revisits a Plot to Kill Margaret Thatcher 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z To prepare viewers for the horror of his subject’s immobility, he shows Stephen bicycle-riding, playing pinball, serving as cox on the university rowing team. The Theory of Everything review: My Left Brain 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Such immobility is tautly ranged against Rebecca Front's desperate, iridescent Tanya. Have you been watching … Grandma's House? 2012-05-23T13:49:02Z A Morris oubliette means restraint into perfect immobility. On Loony Island, a Malignant Priest Strips Mental Patients of Free Will 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Delisle presents André’s eventual escape less as a daring exploit than as a panicked, fumbling victory over his interior monologue — the psychological prison that months of darkness, immobility and uncertainty had imposed on him. New Graphic Novels Detail Personal Journeys and Twists of Fate 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The program thus sets up a series of ideas about mobility and immobility, statuary and dance, fragility and creation. Dance Review: Jonah Bokaer at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2012-08-02T21:53:05Z Taken to technical perfection—both jammers perfectly held by opposing blockers—the game becomes only a sort of organized immobility, gridlock. Broken collarbone? Just roll with it 2013-06-02T17:00:00Z Disaster movies such as Contagion or zombie films are too eventful to capture our apocalypse of immobility. Could coronavirus spell the end for superhero movies? 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z As she approached her 80s she became tottery, broke her hip as a result of a bad fall, and was soon reduced to immobility and incontinence. Diana Athill: Why I moved into an old people's home 2010-04-16T23:35:00Z But there are many factors that might prevent us from seeing friends and family: mental ill health, immobility, a lack of money. The friend effect: why the secret of health and happiness is surprisingly simple 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z The result is a mask of serene immobility, a face with a creaseless brow, a square firm jawline, lips feminine in their puffy fullness. Dr. Fredric Brandt: Cosmetic Dermatologist to the Rich and Famous 2014-03-28T20:25:48Z "A rapidly reversible state of immobility" is one criterion noted here, though "rapidly" is a movable feast. Etcetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice – reviews 2012-05-25T21:55:07Z But no, Mr. Giardina is apparently quite earnest about rethinking the roots of class immobility. Review: ‘Dan Cody’s Yacht’ Sells Upward Mobility for Dummies 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The medication causes her to gain 60 pounds in two months and makes her sluggish almost to the point of immobility. New in Memoir: Lessons in Falling in Love, and 2 Accounts of Its Horrors 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Yet amid the overheated, sometimes amateurish histrionics — Mr. Nizzari shoots a lengthy father-son blowout in a single, theatrical take — “Grand Slammed” contains inklings of a serious point about immobility in America. Movie Review: In ‘Grand Slammed,’ an Aspiring Pitcher Goes Nowhere Fast 2014-04-25T00:55:20Z “Getting in them is half the fun!” promises the box, so you still have the other 50 percent to make the best of your immobility. Style Invitational Week 1293: Constitutional unconvention 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z There are long periods of slowness and immobility, and sudden lashings of limbs that are both liquid and precise. Montpellier Danse Offers Globe-Trotting Via Choreography 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z As these fragmented narratives elegantly graze each other without ever clicking into a fully formed picture, the two women’s lives are marked by suicide, foreclosures, menial labor, social immobility and overarching sadness. Two Women Related by Blood, Strained by Money, Split by Hardship 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of infuriating, enforced immobility that can drive a person’s thoughts in strange directions. Review | Elif Shafak’s new novel is so timely that it seems almost clairvoyant 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z It was also notable for its use of stillness and silence; the absolute immobility required at various points from the thousands of troops, and from the members of the royal family marching behind the coffin. The Choreography of Public Mourning 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z The allusion to Duncan’s immobility is obvious, but, despite such catastrophic injuries, he is still living. ‘Still Life With Monkey’: A Mischievous, Gluttonous Primate 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Sure, some of the elderly live full lives until the moment of their deaths, escaping depression, dementia and immobility, never becoming a burden to their children or anybody else. 'Never Say Die' examines marketing of the myth of a golden old age 2011-02-16T23:37:59Z After the lower half of her body suddenly went numb in the shower in 1997, there were early predictions of progressive immobility. In ‘Playlist for the Apocalypse,’ the Weight of American History and of Mortality 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Perhaps part of its therapeutic effect is this enforced period of complete immobility, or the flood of relief when you eventually stop waterboarding your eyes with photons. Therapy lamps tested: ‘The optical equivalent of freezing cold shower' 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z To see if immobility can bring the peace that travel used to. Consolations of the Forest by Sylvain Tesson – review 2013-06-01T11:00:01Z MacMillan’s choreography has always been punctuated by moments of immobility, but only now did those all seem to point the way to the final great stasis of death. Review: At 53, an Effortless Return to Dance ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z After recording but before release, Green's mother died; she had been disabled by a car crash two years earlier and, as Green sees it, let go of life after tiring of immobility. Cee Lo Green: 'I'd do a lot more damage if I could' 2010-09-30T21:00:00Z After their extremely long period of immobility, the two dancers began to do isolated staccato moves that were amusing and startling; and the patches of silence in the peculiar music were funny too. Dance Review: Tao Dance Theater at Alice Tully Hall 2012-07-26T21:24:32Z Its inscription reads: “to play the theme 840 times in succession, it would be advisable to prepare oneself beforehand, and in the deepest silence, by serious immobilities.” Review | ‘The Vexations’ revisits the eccentric life of composer Erik Satie 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Many of her plays, including the Pulitzer Prize finalists “Becky Shaw” and “Rapture, Blister, Burn,” feature heroines trying to escape the social immobility that locks them into dreary lives. Review: Money-Hungry Women Scheme for a Better Life in ‘Can You Forgive Her?’ 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z And stillness recurs, with dance energy radiating even in immobility. Review: French Dancers Show Three Faces of Merce Cunningham 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Mahmut’s immobility is parodied by the sticky tape he puts down nightly in hopes of trapping the mouse that lives in his kitchen. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Masterpiece of Existential Angst 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Their blocky immobility is part of their psychological weight. Art Review: ‘Hopper Drawing,’ at the Whitney Museum 2013-06-06T21:44:48Z The three pieces that the company presented are all at least 20 years old, so the images of immobility in them aren’t new — only newly resonant. Review: Ronald K. Brown’s Messages of Resilience 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Because of the silence of the soundtrack and the immobility of the camera, time seems to slow down, and action mutates into abstraction. The Responsibility of Watching 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z He had his esophagus removed in January and was declared cancer free in June, but the long stretches of immobility involved in the recovery process allowed muscles to atrophy, making the back problems worse. Ozawa?s Illness Shadows Festival He Inspired 2010-12-10T16:53:00Z She underwent surgery in January 2020, but the months of immobility had taken a toll. In a pandemic, these pups have made all the difference Although high levels of oxytocin resulted in a shorter duration of body immobility, implying less fear, this molecule had no effect on the animal’s heart rate, implying no change in the level of fear. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z A Letter that Never Reached Russia", Nabokov's exiled lover writes home, "At night one perceives with a special intensity the immobility of objects – the lamp, the furniture, the framed photographs on one's desk. Writing at night 2010-12-21T15:05:18Z It’s not only his awakening that baffles medical science; he is also in fine physical shape despite a dozen years of immobility. Review: In ‘Beyond,’ a Man Awakens From Coma. Has Superpowers. Eh. 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z As too, judging by the immobility of breast tissue, are implants. 'Porn producers live in a parallel world' 2011-04-11T06:00:02Z For Neubauer, it was exciting to see that, next to the described laziness or immobility of drones, the drones have synchronized hyperactivity periods, in which they are the fastest individuals in the colony. Not lazy at all: Honey bee drones 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Predation is a driving force in the evolution of anti-predator strategies, and death feigning, characterized by immobility in response to threats, is a common defensive mechanism across various animal species. Pheromones influence death feigning behavior in beetles 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z That matters, Wooldridge continues, because “The rate of single parenting is the most significant predictor of social immobility in the country.” What if anti-Trumpers are the bad guys? | David Brooks 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z But some of the townspeople say an Italian problem more daunting than climate change is the real culprit for the ferry’s immobility since May. Leonardo’s Ferry Left High and Dry by Global Warming and Red Tape 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z But this approach appears to take time to develop—in humans, people experiencing shorter-term immobility from illness or injury are more susceptible to clotting than chronically immobile people with spinal cord injuries. How Bears Hibernate without Getting Blood Clots 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z “I wanted the film to have a moment of true sacredness in which we can still feel the emotion of this day through the immobility of the girls,” Rohrwacher says. How Alfonso Cuarón got behind a cheeky fable -- and now Oscar nominee 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Jurors heard her death was a result of "inflammation and infection in extensive areas of ulceration arising from obesity and its complications, and immobility in a girl with spina bifida and hydrocephalus". Kaylea Titford: Maggots fed on body for 48 hours, court told 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Can any party, movement or politician break through the immobility of American politics that leaves us divided roughly equally in election after election after election? Opinion | Will American politics stay stuck? Biden has a plan for that. 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Clots that form because of immobility block veins and cause swelling and pain, but they can also be deadly if they travel through the body and end up in the lungs or brain. When He Stood Up Quickly, He Sometimes Fainted. What Was It? 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z And they could potentially inspire fine-tuned treatments for preventing clotting in patients experiencing temporary immobility. How Bears Hibernate without Getting Blood Clots 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Backstrom, 34, had hip resurfacing surgery — an invasive procedure and one that is rare for hockey players to undergo — in June after dealing with pain and immobility in his left hip last season. Capitals’ Backstrom, Wilson skate for first time since surgeries 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z In individuals with more advanced osteoarthritis, the affected joints can become more painful and therefore are difficult to use effectively, resulting in increased immobility. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z While her mother’s immobility helped to inspire her travel, so did some maternal advice. Dervla Murphy, intrepid author of travel books, dies at 90 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z No closer to an answer after more than two years, Chiancone’s joint pain had been eclipsed by exhaustion, immobility and unpredictable falls. This woman’s desperate persistence helped spark her lucky break 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z These idle giants rarely suffer from maladies such as blood clots, which can occur in humans experiencing only temporary bouts of immobility and can be deadly. How Bears Hibernate without Getting Blood Clots 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z As the author of "The Internet Police" writes, he had reached a point in his life where "I had tap-clicked my way into a lifestyle of comfort, abundance, and immobility" — and found it intolerable. Why Nietzsche's prescient advice can free you from your smartphone addiction 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Bedsores are characterized by necrosis of tissue due to immobility, whereas stretch marks result from rapid growth. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z “You talk specifically about these conditions — fight, flight, freeze, dissociative events, tonic immobility — but you have no idea because you don’t have any information about this case specifically, right?” Woman testifying in Idaho lawmaker’s rape trial flees court 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z For the record, we did not spend all of Sunday in frozen immobility. Temperature at Dulles Airport drops into single digits as cold continues 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z In October, she published “Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City,” a landmark account of American poverty and class immobility. 10 books to help you understand inequality — and possible solutions 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Although each of us may have noticed that atmospheric immobility in our own way, based on our own lives and activities, the National Weather Service attached a number to it. It was cloudy, sort of warm, but definitely not windy 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Thus, the immobility of the pelvis provides a strong foundation for the upper body as it rests on top of the mobile lower limbs. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z "News reporters covering the Council meeting were a sketch of supine immobility, a confession of the futility of expression without independence," Kucinich writes. The saga of Dennis Kucinich: When one man stood up to corporate power — in 1970s Cleveland 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The conference of Catholic bishops expressed concern the government's response would instead be "immobility" and even a "hardening of positions." With increasing defiance, Cuban churches urge government to listen, not repress 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The young doctor emerged from the ordeal with a facial paralysis and no strength in his muscles from his prolonged immobility. COVID hits Ecuador doctors who delayed wedding to treat sick 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z It’s among the symptoms of a condition called post-intensive care syndrome that can follow the isolation, immobility, and sedation of a hospital stay. COVID-19 ‘brain fog’ inspires search for causes and treatments 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Phrases my parents mentioned — “income inequality,” “social immobility,” “dead-end jobs” — made no sense to me. Jefferson Street 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z To that end, according to several witnesses, including Williams, the White police officer adjusted his knee to apply more pressure, to ensure that Floyd’s Black body remained immobile — until his immobility turned into unconsciousness. Perspective | The witness would not be described as angry 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z A pathologist found she died from sepsis due to infected pressure sores, as well as from immobility and dehydration. Brithdir care home inquest: Resident had '50cm pressure sore' 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Those complications are fallout from the medications, immobility and other possible components of being critically ill. Families of sick covid-19 patients may develop physical, mental symptoms of their own 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z But the Swedish researchers wondered if immobility perhaps also fools bodies into thinking they weigh less than they do, since chairs support a portion of someone’s weight. The Lightness of Being a Couch Potato May Work to Keep Us Fat 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z As I pondered my new immobility, my husband lost his job and with it, our health insurance. Opinion | Poker Taught Me How to Deal With the Hand of Fate 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Social immobility is the thing that confines you to the circumstances of your birth irrespective of your talent or ability. Bristol mayor: Colston statue removal was act of 'historical poetry' 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Stress and immobility — such as from a self-quarantine — can actually increase the frequency of these conditions. Perspective | Hospital admissions for strokes appear to have plummeted, a doctor says, a possible sign people are afraid to seek critical help 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The trial also highlighted the immobility of the French labor market, as most of the workers expected to stay at the company for the rest of their working lives, rarely considering changing employers or locations. 3 French Executives Convicted in Suicides of 35 Workers 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Shortly after a minor injury during a game in 2011, he was diagnosed with ALS - a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal chord, causing immobility. Ice Bucket Challenge inspiration dies at 34 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z “The positions remained fixed. And the responsibility for this immobility belongs to an executive too used to top-down. Maybe that’s the personality of Emmanuel Macron.” General Strike in France Is Fresh Test for Emmanuel Macron as Paris Starts to Shut Down 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Like other advanced dementia patients, she suffered incontinence, aggression, immobility, unaddressed pain and more. Opinion | Doctors are torturing dementia patients at the end of their life. And it’s totally unnecessary. 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Progress today consists of having our food and materials wing their way to each of us individually; it is indexed to our immobility. How our home delivery habit reshaped the world 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Some maintained property qualifications for voting or holding office, which became a fixed political distinction because economic immobility was mostly fixed. When Republicans were actually republican: Is that a basis for renewal? 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z While foodborne illness is a threat to any age group, people over 65 are especially susceptible due to weakened immune systems, chronic diseases, immobility and age-related changes in their digestive systems. Bugs, mold and unwashed hands: Rampant safety violations in nursing home kitchens endanger residents 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z The kitchen phone tethered us to the spot by its immobility; there the calendar received my scribbles. Opinion | Finding Myself in My Mother’s Calendars 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z The poorest are denied their nostalgias by their social immobility. The Art of Aphorism 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Tiger Woods, having completed a recovery from couch-bound immobility to Masters implausibility, sounded all of 43 when he said he has no plans to regain dominance because planning to regain dominance would make no sense. At 43, Tiger Woods saves it for the first tee. At 29, Brooks Koepka swaggers to it. 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z For others, it means avoiding health issues like dementia, osteoporosis, sarcopenia, or basic immobility. The Secrets of an Aging Athlete 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Now he was staring at a year of therapy, immobility and all the frustrations that come along with possibly losing a year of his prime. A week ago, the Wizards swore they wouldn’t break up their Big Three. One step changed that. 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Getting a less comfortable office chair would probably be as effective a strategy, making it less easy to settle into for long periods of immobility. Why exercise alone won’t save us 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Several seemingly unrelated forms of inequality reinforced the increasing “stickiness” of social immobility. Review | How much inequality can capitalism endure? 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z His immobility was most marked in the penalty shootout defeat to Germany. How England's young lions match up with the heroes of 1990 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Their claws had been barbecued into immobility, and their heads stuffed with a cream made from their own brains. Koks, the World’s Most Remote Foodie Destination 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The Fort Wayne resident’s use of technology - particularly smart-home devices that help him control his home despite his immobility - was the focus of a recent story in New York Magazine. Lou Gehrig’s disease sufferer: blessings trump complaints 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z This maneuver puts a shark into a state called tonic immobility. How Do You Move a Shark? Very Carefully 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Not too far off from qualifying for TLC’s “My 600-lb Life,” he notes, inching closer to immobility. Muncie man makes a lifestyle change and drops 375 pounds 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The patient finally convinced me that he no longer wanted or needed to live in a constant state of breathlessness and immobility. Barbara Bush Faces Death With Courage 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The physical immobility of the citizens of communist nations, by contrast, showed the villainy of Soviet-style regimes. We’re still married to the car – even though we don’t love it any more | Cotten Seiler 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Sloth immobility is just one of the many misconceptions Cliffe hopes to dispel with her new book, Sloths: Life In The Slow Lane. Sloths May Be Slow, But They're Not Stupid 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Standing while working also encourages frequent movement rather than hours of immobility. Standing for 6 Hours Burns an Extra 54 Calories 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z This causes temporary immobility and, in many cases, intense hallucinations. A prisoner in my own body: This is what it’s like to have sleep paralysis. 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z For frail elders who survive broken bones and surgical repair- but can no longer walk - immobility causes bodies to breakdown faster and dependence increases. How to Prevent Falls 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Following the report's findings, it demanded an "urgent injection of sustained investment" from the government to overcome the challenge of social immobility. Culture focus in 'worst town to be poor' 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z But his meals now consisted of a handful of rice and beans, and he could feel his body shrinking from the undernourishment and immobility. The Coast Guard’s ‘Floating Guantánamos’ 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Savage’s immobility, inaccuracy and turnovers mounted in back-to-back losses to the Colts and Rams, but he finally got his first win of the season as the starter against Arizona. Savage unperturbed by booing fans at home stadium 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z “The problem is stagnation and immobility, not instability as in Italy,” said Joffe. Merkel signals readiness for new election after coalition talks collapse 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Common risk factors include advanced age, immobility, obesity, and surgery. Conference attendee helps save lecturer’s life 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z He left after that because the Nationals worried the Brewers would attempt to exploit his immobility with cheap hits. True grit: Max Scherzer takes a whack, but Nats rally for 3-2 win 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z When I watch those scenes with Gene Kelly, immobility feels like a prison. ‘Words are the best weapons with which to come to terms with ageing’ 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z During the assault they experienced a kind of temporary paralysis called tonic immobility. Sexual Assault May Trigger Involuntary Paralysis 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z “The problem is stagnation and immobility, not instability as in Italy,” said Joffe. Merkel signals readiness for new election after coalition talks collapse 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z The family suspects the death was caused by deep-vein thrombosis resulting from his immobility. Bereaved N. Zealand family protests Japan’s psychiatric care 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z AD begins with progressively worsening dysfunction in memory, cognition and behavior, and culminates in loss of all higher brain function and, eventually, death due to immobility. What Would It Take to Get an Effective Alzheimer's Drug? 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Researchers are studying the immobility of the bears during hibernation and the fact they lose body fat, but not physical strength. Heart researchers study bear hibernation 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z For more on the relationship between tonic immobility and PTSD, see this site. Sexual Assault May Trigger Involuntary Paralysis 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z To put this differently, maybe immobility and complacency are correlated. Opinion | Does our complacency threaten American greatness? 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z One of her most energetic friends had also sagged into post-illness immobility. Perspective | My mother and the millions of counted-out black people like her are the true heroes of Black History Month 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z With personal stories of progress without privilege, they provided Camelot without the castle: evoking a sense of possibility in a period of economic stagnation, social immobility and political uncertainty. How Barack Obama paved the way for Donald Trump | Gary Younge 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Doctors also say the economic stagnation brought about by international sanctions has provoked such social frustration and immobility that many are driven to substance abuse. 'No walk of society is immune': Iran confronts a growing drug problem 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z The 2005 study, for example, found an association between having experienced tonic immobility and significant psychological impairment. Sexual Assault May Trigger Involuntary Paralysis 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z In a couple of decades, it may no longer be seen as symptomatic of social immobility if a prime minister passes through Oxford on her way to Westminster. Oxford University tries a new approach to recruiting poor students 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z But the growing affection for the device is also linked to its immobility. Has voice control finally started speaking our language? 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z "There are specific impairments that commonly occur in the elderly: immobility, instability, incontinence, dementia, hearing loss and loss of vision," says Robert Drapkin, a medical doctor and fellow of the American College of Physicians. Should You Switch Doctors Once You Turn 65? 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z That’s what results from the nuclear deal with Iran, the evacuation of Iraq and utter U.S. immobility on Syria. The price of powerlessness 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Police and soldiers, she adds, also experience tonic immobility in traumatic situations and similarly suffer from unnecessary guilt. Sexual Assault May Trigger Involuntary Paralysis 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z When the spell of immobility resumes, seraphic harmonies give way to a colossal, demonic setting of fragments of the Libera Me from the Requiem Mass, with bells ringing anarchic changes. An Explosive Opera of “The Exterminating Angel” 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Mr Elliot Major said: "The political vote that we saw was a direct consequence of social immobility." A new model for social mobility? - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The other party also tells us they believe in the American dream, they say we should worry about economic inequality and immobility. Watch Donald Trump Jr. Speak at the Republican Convention 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Platelets in the bears’ blood become stickier, acting as a natural blood thinner, the researchers found, perhaps to counteract blood clots that could form during long periods of immobility. Learning From Healthy Bears (You Mean We Should Hibernate?) 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z For more on the protective function of tonic immobility, see here. Sexual Assault May Trigger Involuntary Paralysis 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z One place where age and immobility often collide is the U.S. The Golden State Warriors Have Revolutionized (Pickup) Basketball 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z He was eventually promoted to New York City traffic commissioner, and “gridlock” has since become synonymous with stalemate and immobility, not just in traffic but in politics and beyond. When New York City tried to ban cars – the extraordinary story of 'Gridlock Sam' 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z On Nov. 20, 2002, guards found him dead from hypothermia, dehydration, immobility and lack of food. Lawsuit against two former contractors may shed light on CIA's use of torture 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Jack Britton, of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, says it shows the persistence of "social immobility". Wealthy students keep earnings gap - BBC News 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z When flight or fight is not possible, immobility motor programs are activated, causing the paralysis. Sexual Assault May Trigger Involuntary Paralysis 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z One reason for this immobility could be that the economy is now an unwelcoming place for jobseekers without a university degree. Trade, at what price? 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The Italian certainly wasn’t signed as a blood and thunder midfield enforcer, but his immobility is a problem for Vieira as it was for Kreis before him. Patrick Vieira is the new NYC FC coach but Andrea Pirlo still has problems 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z As hydrocodone kicks in and physical therapists teach me how to negotiate without two weight-bearing legs, my temporary immobility shrinks in significance. Living With Cancer: A Farewell to Legs 1464-02-22T05:00:00Z The Socialist leader said France must find a model between economic liberalism and “immobility without a future.” Hollande Pledges $2.2 Billion on French Jobs Push 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Breaking up long stretches of sitting or immobility by moving around for a few minutes every hour or so will further reduce the risk of "sitting disease." Sugar and Your Heart: the Not-So-Sweet Truth 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z There is a deep philosophical divide between the optimism of the American president and Netanyahu’s skeptical immobility. Why Netanyahu Can't Afford to Be Optimistic 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Rated slightly higher due to its formidable immobility in the face of the Riviera breeze. How hard is Angelina Jolie's wig working in the trailer for By The Sea? 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z And yet the stubborn grip of dynasticism epitomises social immobility at the highest level, a clustering of one group at the top of the ladder crowding out everyone else. Trudeau, Clinton, Bush … dynasties are the blockbuster movies of politics | Jonathan Freedland 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The CIA said “dehydration, lack of food, and immobility due to ‘short chaining’ ” contributed to his death. Former prisoners sue architects of CIA’s brutal interrogation program 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z However, the technology which delivers the world into the palms of our hands may be ushering in a kind of social immobility undreamt of even by Julian Fellowes's hidebound little Englanders. The lost art of getting lost - BBC News 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Blockages prevent the fluid from draining properly and cause swelling and, if not treated, infection and immobility. What caused a newborn twin’s badly swollen legs 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The immobility in Washington and the 2013 mandated budget cuts known as sequestration have forced state and local governments to assume numerous duties. How states and localities are filling the gaps left by Washington’s gridlock 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z They get to experience the psychological problems of paralysis on top of the immobility. Seven scientific facts to ruin childhood | Dean Burnett 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Holmes told Woodcock he experienced catatonia, or periods of immobility, but tried to limit it to certain times of day. Prosecutors to press doctor who found theater shooter insane 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Holmes told him he experienced catatonia, or periods of immobility, but tried limit it to certain times of the day. Prosecutors question doctor who found theater shooter insane 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z This is, after all, what they are doing, since companies like Uber and Lyft represent a modern fix for the old urban scourges of congestion and immobility. How To Solve The Uber vs Taxi Conflict? Medallion Reform 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Yet, strangely enough, during these terrible months of surgery, immobility, and pain, Spalding seemed in surprisingly good spirits—indeed, his wife thought he was “incredibly well” and upbeat. Spalding Gray’s Catastrophe 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Some of these seniors also suffered from mental impairment, immobility and other medical conditions, the researchers noted. Bone-Building Drug Strengthened Hips, Spines of Frail Women in Study 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Forget for a second that inequality and immobility are intertwined issues - entrenched wealth begets entrenched wealth. It’s Not the Inequality; It’s the Immobility 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z These days, the commander chafes at Nigeria’s lack of coordination with his forces, and the much larger country’s apparent immobility on its own terrain. Chad Strongman Says Nigeria Is Absent in Fight Against Boko Haram 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z She was inspired to action by the immobility that affected her mother after a diagnosis of brain cancer. The Top Three Most Difficult Decisions for Philanthropists 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Once he was seated, I was struck by his lack of spontaneous movement or speech, his immobility and lack of facial expression. Spalding Gray’s Catastrophe 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z This causes even more labour immobility than owner occupied housing does. Finally, A Sensible Policy About UK Social Housing 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Income inequality and economic immobility are often lumped together, but they shouldn’t be. It’s Not the Inequality; It’s the Immobility 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Its immobility allows it to differentiate between amounts of pressure, and by extension, intent to accomplish different tasks. Using Apple's Stunning New Gold MacBook 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z The story of inequality, of the deepening divergence between rich and poor, and social and economic immobility, is the real story of our times. Why Can’t Hollywood Tell America’s Stories? 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Their large numbers will almost surely help perpetuate inequality, poverty, and immobility. Divorce Rates Are Falling—But Marriage Is Still on the Rocks 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Lemon seems blithely unconcerned with immobility, or the risk of death, being a real effect of assault. Don Lemon Didn’t Just Victim-Blame, He Perpetuated Multiple Rape Myths 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Scientists already knew that SWRs only crop up when animals are sleeping, under anesthesia, or in a period of immobility. Mental Leaps Cued by Memory’s Ripples 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z “The polarization . . . won’t solve the problems of social immobility, income inequality or help public education become the ladder of opportunity for more kids.” Education Post aims to take the sting out of national conversations about school reform But visiting Ferguson would not only be a risky move for a president bogged down in political immobility, it would more likely inflame tensions than quell them. Should Obama go to Ferguson? 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z “In a world moving so fast,” he told the conference sternly, “nothing would be more dramatic for our country than immobility.” The binds that tie 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The current crisis, he said, “shows up in the form of immobility in the poor, insecurity in the middle class, with cronyist privilege at the top of the ladder.” Can the G.O.P. Be a Party of Ideas? 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Because it is about income inequality and immobility, which in a December 2013 speech President Barack Obama called “the defining challenge of our time,” concluding that it poses “a fundamental threat to the American dream.” The American Dream of Income Equality Still Lives 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z But Carpenter felt hamstrung by his chosen instrument’s immobility. Meet Cameron Carpenter: the Kanye West of pipe organs 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s usually a symbol of baseball old age or immobility. Boswell: Washington Nationals face serious questions as spring training opens 2014-02-18T02:15:00Z It moves between archival video footage and shots of clay figures, who seem all the more grave by their frozen immobility. Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's search for catharsis 2014-02-03T21:39:05Z But even by his benchmarks, the immobility in the streets on that morning stood out. A Bridge to Scandal: Behind the Fort Lee Ruse 2014-01-13T04:26:01Z Now excited Democrats think a once-in-a-generation political shift is under way, driven by anger at growing inequality and social immobility. Lexington: The Robin Hood trap 2014-01-09T16:00:03Z The enmity and duration of these fights produce impressions of sheer gridlock that are strong and often reinforced; thus the narrative of political immobility is easy to accept. Economic View: Don’t Mistake This for Gridlock 2013-12-21T17:27:34Z Many elderly people in wealthy countries like South Korea and Japan spend their final years in constant pain, discomfort, immobility, or under heavy medication. Daily chart: A painful end 2013-12-09T13:38:32Z But the devices were far less reliable in tracking the energy costs of light-intensity activities like standing or cleaning, often misinterpreting them as physical immobility. Well: How Accurate Are Fitness Trackers? 2013-06-12T04:01:31Z People struggle with fatigue, pain, immobility, or an array of other troublesome side-effects. Half 'will get cancer in lifetime' 2013-06-06T23:57:07Z Even when physicians recognize the hazards of immobility and write orders that include ambulation, overworked staff can’t always find the time. The New Old Age Blog: Trapped in the Hospital Bed 2013-05-30T16:27:23Z Ten minutes after the effects of that drug had worn off, Abramović ingested another pill – this time one prescribed for aggressive and depressed people – which resulted in general immobility. A Brief History of Mental Illness In Art 2013-05-23T14:15:06.930Z Indeed, such was the extent of Chang's immobility that he walked towards the umpire's chair with the intention of calling an end to proceedings. How Michael Chang defeated Ivan Lendl at the French Open in 1989 2013-05-21T12:33:28Z Yet Clegg refuses to accept that there's a link between inequality and immobility. The Great Gatsby's world is every bit as unequal as Britain under the coalition 2013-05-20T19:00:02Z Then he tethered my arms so they would not fly out of the cockpit and buckled me in to the point of immobility. Among Drag Racing’s Challenges Are G-Forces and Getting Your Feet to Reach the Pedals 2013-04-20T19:12:58Z A total of 22 patients - between six and seven percent - woke up with a positioning injury after their procedure, including weakness, numbness or immobility in the hands or feet. Robotic surgery tied to temporary nerve injuries 2013-03-29T18:03:40Z She relied heavily on her faith to stomach the diagnosis in August — four to six weeks of immobility after surgery. Huskies' Kristi Kingma glad to be back on court for Washington 2013-01-04T01:39:04Z The other part is logical, stemming from the literal meanings of rigor: harshness, severity, strictness, inflexibility and immobility. What schools need: Vigor instead of rigor 2012-08-17T09:00:00Z As details of the European Central Bank’s immobility sank in, stocks fell across Europe and elsewhere. Strategies: Two Central Banks and the Sound of Silence — Strategies 2012-08-04T18:58:40Z But then, immobility and inertia - as the market simply passed by. The rise and fall of the France-wide web 2012-06-27T23:36:46Z When Valentine asked the last question she was transformed; a latent exultation flamed out from her immobility. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z In harmony with this immobility is their constitution, in which the muzzle and the bamboo-rod play significant functions. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The charm of antiquity, the charm of leisureliness, the charm of immobility. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Eagle's-Wing came in advance, with a quiet look of triumph upon his countenance, but illy disguised beneath the usual immobility of face of the Indian. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z Teenage childbearing is “a symptom, not a cause” of poverty and economic immobility, Mr. Levine said in an interview. Economix Blog: Income Inequality and Teenage Pregnancy 2012-04-03T14:00:14Z Every time, we carefully assured ourselves of the relative immobility of the hand and arms of the medium. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z He endured all the sufferings that helplessness and inability and immobility entail; and we have to keep reminding ourselves that He was fully alive to all His sufferings. Ortus Christi Meditations for Advent 2012-03-23T02:00:31.917Z Third-class included an interesting quartette of stubby Spanish soldiers, and one slim naval stoker, whose flexible movements and sportive bonhomie were in striking contrast to the stolid immobility of his companions. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Impaired vision from whatever cause; inflammatory affections of the eyelids; immobility or irregularity of the iris; fistula lachrymalis, etc., etc. Guide to West Point, and the U.S. Military Academy 2012-03-20T02:00:14.607Z It was a momentous revolution, when the first tiny animalcule tore itself loose from immobility, when it conquered the ability to move about in quest of food and a larger life. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z It was agreed among us this time that we would always start from the state of absolute immobility in the object: we wanted to produce movement, not to continue it. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Meanwhile, none the less, I was unable, these last days, to break the spell of immobility even to the extent of going over to Paris to poor Daudet's funeral. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Indeed, it seemed to wear an expression of stolid immobility, as though secretly defying our puny efforts to induce it to reveal the treasures it guarded. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Dr. Boussingault produced a huge handkerchief, shook it, mopped his sparkling brow, and resumed absolute immobility. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z Even in the firing line the stoical silence of the men and their immobility, except in spasmodic crises, seem to dominate the hellish roar of bursting shells. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z Nothing is more common than a sense of helpless immobility under the influence of fear. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z I felt the garden beckon me by its immobility and call me by its silence. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z He touched him lightly; the prisoner started, but relapsed immediately into immobility. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z He knew that night the supreme reward, the hush of a mass of people constraining themselves to silence and even to immobility while a voice, low as a whisper, sounded audibly in every nook. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z And opponents are likely to exploit his immobility by frequently bunting in his direction. Bats: Keeping Score: For Tigers, Defensive Issues That Are Hard to Outslug 2012-01-28T18:33:26Z His eyes protruded, his mouth hung half open, his face was frozen into immobility by horror. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z His silence and immobility came with so much abruptness that Charnock was fairly startled. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z The white man's immobility had its effect on them, and it seemed that Jefferson had done wisely in confiding in the latter's ability to bear the longer strain. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Not a shadow moved; the world seemed frozen to an eternal immobility. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z I resented her immobility, so near him and so little moved by him. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z This is not to say that in the teeming history of those eventful years Lincoln's mind and will and sentiments had stood in stolid immobility. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z The girl looked pleased for a moment; then her face sank into immobility again. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z The sensuous outlines of her which brought to mind the odalisques of Titian found a startling contrast in the immobility of her manners. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Michael looked at him fixedly, without abandoning his silent immobility, waiting for him to go on. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z His white face would hold no more of immobility when he should lie dead. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The immobility of the animal was strange, its refusal to turn and bolt was still stranger. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z He knows from Calmon that the bird alone is capable of solving the problem of his own parentage, and also of evoking Pompea from her marble immobility. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Coming nearer to it and passing it on the west, the profile changes and merges into a more Grecian and Sphinx-like face, whose placid immobility takes one’s mind involuntarily to far-off Egypt. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z The immobility of the pupa or chrysalis depends on the rapidity of the changes going on in it. On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects 2011-12-05T03:00:46.667Z By this means, also, we distribute the weight of the mass equally on the four legs, and produce temporary immobility. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z The immobility of the furniture was a mere attitude hurriedly assumed, and the moment his back was turned the whole business, whatever it might be, would begin again. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z "To me torpor and immobility are death itself, yes, worse than death, for, unfortunately, one must be conscious of this apathy of mind and body." The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Saint Paul's Cathedral in London, or a tall sky-scraper in New York, would usually be regarded as supreme instances of immobility. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z The government’s complete immobility, deafness and incapability to understand reality and act accordingly was very scary,” said Laura Calderoni, 36, an architect in Rome. Mario Monti Asked to Form a New Government in Italy 2011-11-13T22:27:45Z He was rendered uneasy by the statuesque immobility of her attitude, by the strange fashion in which she kept her eyes fixed on his face. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z She had expected something far more moving and dramatic than this wooden immobility. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z It lightens my day's load, this vision of grave childish eyes through the twisted rims, and that magnificent effort of will, contrary to nature, to obtain perfect immobility of the nose. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z I found this singular person, whom I shall have occasion to mention more than once, stretched upon his bed, and reduced to a state of immobility very much opposed to his character or taste. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Now fleets below a tranc�d moorland, A sweep of glimmering immobility; Now craggy cliff and dented foreland Pass back and there beyond unfolds the sea. Poems - First Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.917Z Seattle's no-huddle offense lasted all of two minutes Sunday in Cleveland before it evaporated amid a flurry of penalty flags and sustained immobility. Seahawks back to basics after no-huddle offense went nowhere fast in Cleveland 2011-10-26T04:19:40Z She looked still younger in the peace of sleep, though obviously older than Driscoll, softened out of her customary wooden immobility. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z We need a sane conservatism that is not, on the one hand, the corpselike immobility of the typical stand-patters, or reactionaries to all progress, and who themselves are the cause of much insane radicalism. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z And Merlin watched, as watches a tree, A sombre oak of antiquity, The myriad life that seethes and hums, Around its immobility. The Deluge and Other Poems 2011-10-15T02:00:29.350Z A vulture soaring lower than usual passed over the tree, and the shadow of his partial eclipse of the sun froze every bird to instant silence and complete immobility. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Search where one will, it would be difficult to find another city which has more completely exhibited the causes of social immobility as set forth by sociology. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z What was he thinking now of her long immobility? The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z The Phantom maintained his attitude of immobility, but Bimble’s words had given him an inward twinge. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Most important, it would mean emerging from a state of immobility that favors only the extremists.” France Breaks with Obama on Palestinian Statehood Issue 2011-09-21T17:27:46Z He got up carelessly and shook himself to start the blood through his great frame, numbed by immobility. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z For there are, it must be remembered, causes of immobility as well as factors of social change. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z Her first impression was that he seemed enormous as he stood there, with his hands hanging at his sides, and the look of sternness and immobility in his face. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z From utter immobility she started with a startled hop. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Even if the idea with Tennyson were more largely dramatic than it usually is, the immobility, as we must call it, of his phrase would always defeat the dramatic intention. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Although he had not moved—because he had not moved, had not changed a line of his careless attitude, she divined that he had been stricken into immobility. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z It is not to be denied that this factor has contributed not a little to the weakening of immobility, and the preparation of the ground for an inrush of the spirit of progress. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z It still wore the look of immobility which seemed to the other to express nothing—and everything. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z I don't know what it was about, but it alarmed me very much, and condemned us to marble immobility for a time. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z I led Kenelm to see his sister two hours after her death: terror was his predominant emotion; the immobility of what still so much resembled life appalled him. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z We will also set aside the question of the motion or the immobility of worlds, and restrict ourselves to the inherent difficulties of this second thesis. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Indeed the usual condition of the body politic is immobility, conservatism and “determined resistance to change.” Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z It was her most disconcerting expression, for in the soft blankness and immobility of her look, he read a rebuke which she was either too amiable or too well-bred to utter. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z In its frozen immobility it was dead, yet awfully alive, and the eyes glittered like little crumbs of diamond. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z The silence, the immobility of it all, and the pour of the tropic sun, were just beginning to be a little subduing. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Thus, physiologists, more preoccupied, it must be said, with assuring the immobility than the insensibility of the animal, have had recourse to another substance, curare, the properties of which were investigated by Claude Bernard. The Pros and Cons of Vivisection 2011-08-23T02:00:31.033Z The unchanging Halifax of the years—The causes of social immobility—The new birthday—The indications of change: appearance, expansion of business, population, political action, city-planning, housing, health, education, recreation, community spirit—Carsten's prophecy. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z It seems that your blue immobility Has been for ever, and must for ever be. Poems 2011-08-16T02:00:47.467Z Coming up the staircase was a thick-set man of medium height with white hair, a brown face, and good features, but of such immobility that they might have been carved in sandstone. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z You get the right amplitude of leisure and the flat undistracting circumstances he demands, the emptiness and the immobility necessary, when you are waiting for cargo long in coming at a low seaboard. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z This juice is used by South American Indians for their arrows, and physiologists use it to ensure the immobility of the animal on which they are experimenting. The Pros and Cons of Vivisection 2011-08-23T02:00:31.033Z This is like Bergson's objection to “the absurd proposition that motion is made up of immobilities.” Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z As the branches die they become stiff, and will not bend to the gale this immobility is also dangerous to the nest. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Indeed the whole face was a mask of immobility. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z Even an abundant head of blue black hair, loosely coiffed, did not serve to soften the wax-like immobility of her rather broad face. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z The man bore the tea-table away, his dark eyes and sallow features perfect in their immobility. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Quite possibly the Athenian spectators did not mind the immobility of the masks their actors wore; indeed, that very immobility may have been an incentive to their imaginations. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Its chief charm lay in its unchanging immobility, its utter quiet, behind which gleamed something of the girl's soul. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z Now fleets below a tranc�d moorland, A sweep of glimmering immobility; Now craggy cliff and dented foreland Pass back and there beyond unfolds the sea. The Three Hills And other Poems 2011-07-07T02:00:25.437Z And indeed there was a certain immobility of death in that countenance. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z He could see her distinctly now, and his heart contracted as he looked at her; the limpness of her body and the waxen immobility of her face were terrifying, an inertia as complete as death. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z At least, he refrained from this except on rare occasions, preferring the effect of immobility and relying mainly upon a new principle not before employed by any of his predecessors. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Fear, even the memory of fear, had long departed, and of mental distress there was none, save a sense of immobility and powerlessness, such as a man may have in an ugly dream. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z The servant who entered saw only composure in his immobility. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z But for dancing, of which they are passionately fond, their lives would pass away in almost absolute immobility, for lolling in a carriage is not what I call putting oneself in motion. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z More remarkable than this was the attempt by Descartes in the same direction, namely, to hold the principles of Copernicus, and yet to teach the immobility of the earth. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z But by now he kept glancing carefully at the jury, watching them with lightning glances, and gathering all the information he possibly could from the expressions on their faces—their immobility or movements of interest. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z I think it was the immobility of the old man that first arrested our attention. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z The absence of light and air, and the immobility, leads to the production of the fatty changes, eventually producing the enlarged fatty livers, which delight the gourmet's palate. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Among the Russian peasants on the contrary, whether slave or free, a complete immobility prevails, and nothing can force them out of the old inevitable rut. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z His idea of immobility was however very different from that of Tycho Brahe, or of any one else, and would only be called so by those who were bound to believe it at all costs. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Her hand was firm, her step steady, her face as fixed as marble; but it looked, in its white immobility, like a face that was dead. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z “There’s a growing body of evidence over the past decade of the hazards of prolonged immobility during hospitalization,” Steve Fisher, a rehabilitation specialist at the University of Texas Medical Branch, told me in an interview. The New Old Age: Trapped in the Hospital Bed 2011-06-08T14:56:59Z As a flash-light photograph fixes an assemblage poised, with eyes staring in one direction, thus the half-breed’s words had cast a spell of immobility over all. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z Soon afterwards she finally faltered into immobility, giving up, sitting now quite still herself in her chair, the flush faded from her cheek, pale and crumpled. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z By some an attempt was made to invent a system which should have all the advantages of this, and yet if possible save the immobility of the earth. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z As the rattlesnake's challenge met with utter immobility, he started a thorough inspection. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Depending on the severity of the stroke, immobility or paralysis might occur. Blacks suffering strokes often delay calling 911 2011-05-05T23:48:23Z The mobility of my hand is limited but this is pretty normal in this kind of situation, because the connected arm muscles are still very weak due to the long period of immobility. F1: Kubica leaves hospital 2011-04-24T11:24:24Z The worst objections to the cupola are the military disadvantages of isolation and immobility, and the multiplication of mechanical arrangements. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z For a moment Dr. Heriot paused, and he and Mildred exchanged glances; the young figure in its forlornness came to them like a mournful revelation; the immobility was superb, the youthful languor pitiful. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Then there was a tramp of feet in the patio, followed by a tread on the stairway, and it was only by strenuous effort that he retained his immobility. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z While thus actively engaged in a new scheme of life, he found it more and more difficult to break "the spell of immobility" which enveloped him. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z “If my call is untimely my business is pressing——and private,” he added, with a glance at the Italian, who stood in respectful immobility behind his master’s chair. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z It formed a curious contrast to Sir Charles Venner's stolid immobility. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z To conclude, no place can be produced-45- out of Holy Scriptures which so clearly speaks the earth's immobility as this doth its mobility. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z Reticence is not accounted a virtue in his country, but the Englishman’s immobility was eloquent, and his comrade was satisfied that if the worst came they would not start out on the unknown trail alone. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Every syllable of this was overheard by Malone, though he affected not to hear it, and stood a perfect picture of immobility. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Harcutt was struck at once with the singular immobility of his face. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Of course this is not the case, there were many reasons for the immobility of our lines from October 1914 to July 1916. The Terror A Mystery 2011-03-22T02:00:24.957Z The physical evidence as explained in the two systems with exception of percussion and the speed of bodies driven north or south, and east or west, is all for immobility. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z Before I was out of the room, Lord James had relapsed into his habitual position; into silence and immobility. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z When immobility reigns most in human affairs, there is still enough of movement to fix the attention, and even to excite the wonder of those who are immediately in proximity with it. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z When these, moreover, are in action, the nose, by its immobility, marks the degree of change which they undergo, and renders intelligible all the movements produced by admiration, joy, sadness, fear, &c. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The quivering bayonets stiffened into immobility as the Hun officer approached the now alert sentries. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z He was a man, moreover, who went to church and read his Bible, and had many good thoughts beneath his occasional brusqueness and invariable immobility. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z In the midst of this grief which had returned to its starting-point, to silence and immobility, after having in vain essayed exertion, courage, hope, Eva Meredith fell into a decline. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z Then, of a sudden, startled into immobility, the smile froze on her lips. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z There was a sudden immobility as he succeeded in clutching Lig-magte's other arm. Sense of Obligation 2011-02-09T03:00:52.337Z He could not understand its meaning, for it was only a moment--then the lashes drooped and the girl's features regained their usual rigid, icy immobility. Danira 2011-02-06T03:00:59.460Z There he sat, scarcely a remnant of his former self, a leaden dulness in his eye, and a massive immobility in the features which once were plastic with every passing mood that stirred him. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z I dreaded the agonising scenes that would follow this state of immobility. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z He might have been a tree of the forest, for all of his immobility. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z There was something touchingly helpless in her shy immobility. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z His countenance wore the pallor born of a sleepless night, and its austerity of expression was more striking than usual; otherwise his features were as of bronze in their perfect immobility. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z As has been well said, Leonardo broke up the old formality and immobility of the earlier painters and brought life and action into the scene. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z One who had seen him but for an instant would have taken the immobility of his countenance for placidity. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z Bending above her, inhaling her very personality, he spoke not, he hardly breathed, overcome by the violence of his emotions; while she, bending slightly forward, maintained a strange immobility. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z It was not only the calm and austere beauty of the Greek sculptors, whose rule was to give a majestic immobility to every feature. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z It is more difficult, apparently, in human life to overcome the inertia of immobility than that of motion; at least psychological laws seem in this respect to contravene those of physics. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z His lips pressed into a line; otherwise, his immobility was unbroken. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z The pit crowds were not icebergs; they had not the immobility of mountains. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z The shaggy, bristling brute settled back into immobility. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z He observed that although the youth's attitude was one of rigid immobility, his facial muscles were agitated from time to time by a slight convulsive movement. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z The organisms which, consciously or unconsciously, preferred mobility and risk to immobility and perfect safety, have evolved, through countless intervening steps, to man. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z He did not look frightened; but old servants of his stamp possess a strange immobility. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z And yet from all this immobility something emerged which was nothing else than motion. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z It used local mortgage-default and foreclosure figures to estimate geographical immobility. Economics focus: Bad circulation 2010-08-26T10:50:00Z It is a misery of dependence, immobility and hopelessness, not of grinding want. Gaza City Journal: Gaza Mall Seeks to Make Statement of Resolve 2010-08-23T01:20:00Z That path would be one of constant conflict between narrow interests ending in chaos and immobility. Why the oil spill is getting the Oval Office treatment 2010-06-15T17:15:00Z Last year, Santana grimaced as he tried to pitch through the pain and immobility in his elbow. Santana Welcomes Back an Old Friend: His Slider 2010-04-05T03:03:00Z The congestion of the railroads and their terminals had produced a condition bordering on transportation immobility. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. The animal which had been pawing impatiently settled into bronze immobility at his touch. The Trail of Conflict In the ballet a writhing, sensuous figure with every gesture a note in the octave of passion, here she seemed the very personification of a negative and striking immobility. The Hillman He sat bolt upright with long straight arms resting on his knees, and his face had that peculiar expressionless immobility seen in Egyptian carvings. The Valiants of Virginia Blake waited with the immobility of an Eskimo. Into the Primitive Her frozen immobility, her dead indifference, her boredom possibly—all these, passing suddenly, had melted in a flood of tears. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath He appeared plunged in a kind of ecstatic contemplation; his body and limbs remained at first in a state of complete immobility, his features being agitated by nervous twitches and spasms. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 He fell in a rage with his immobility here in London. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He himself became endowed with a strange courage by the contemplation of his mother's tragical immobility. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Under the mathematical and bureaucratic rule of Uncle Piero, chairs and armchairs, tables large and small, had lived in perfect symmetry, and the privilege of immobility had been extended to the very mats themselves. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico I asked; for he had relapsed into immobility, and was watching the socks with abstracted eyes. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen In posing Miss Robinson, he had once or twice given utterance to his satisfaction in so spontaneous a way that the tremulous sitter had no easy task to maintain her immobility. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel McCalloway blinked his eyes, which this cub of a boy had a way of tricking into unsoldierly emotion, and resolutely set his features into immobility. The Tempering "I've been told to get out and stay out," he went on, his temper lashed by her immobility. The Guarded Heights This state of immobility caused him more anxiety than the state of intense excitement that had preceded it. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico Her immobility was that of terror; something extraordinary had weighed her down to this speechless silence, had crushed her. Magnhild Dust He jerked himself, finally, out of his immobility. The Year When Stardust Fell Bareheaded and with reverent feet he wandered on dreaming of those joys that were to be, God willing, and turning a sharp bend in the lane stopped all at once, smitten to sudden, breathless immobility. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Fear rooted them and froze them into immobility. The Frightened Planet The place had fascinated her with its outward immobility, its hidden sea of greedy passion. The Gambler A Novel After she went out he sat in silence and in complete immobility for nearly an hour. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop F the four British commanders here during the Revolution, Howe was certainly the chief, so far as dullness amounting to apathy and slowness almost equal to immobility, went. Conduct of Sir William Howe Observations upon the Conduct of S-r W——-m H—e at the White Plains; As Related in The Gazette of December 30, 1776 But when a group of persons has been artistically arranged, and trained by a little practice to maintain an absolute immobility for a few seconds of time, very delightful pictures are easily obtained. The Pencil of Nature Why dost thou use These arguments to bid me go, Yet chain me to thy tongue, while the angel-like Music of thy voice, ent'ring my thirsty ears, Charms up my fears to immobility? A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 It was this that formed the element through which Mona loomed large; Fleda had enough imagination, a fine enough feeling for life, to be impressed with such an image of successful immobility. The Spoils of Poynton Every ruffian of them seemed suddenly frozen into immobility, and each sat with head turned and eyes wide-staring, watching the coming of the blue-shirted horsemen. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop The sigh which rose in Mr. Sylvester's breast did not disturb the severe immobility of his lip. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life She stood there, near the door, quite quietly—with all her gift of serene immobility brought into play. The Great Miss Driver Glancing at him now and then, she knew that the immobility of his dark profile meant intense feeling, not any lack of it. Shadows of Flames A Novel His jaw dropped as he listened, and his usual immobility of countenance quite deserted him. Thirty Before he could reach it he was frozen into immobility. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Every man in the French squares knew that his life depended upon his immobility; and each one stood, shoulder to shoulder with his comrades, like a rock. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 He could not have said how he knew that, for it stood motionless in its empty clearing, not a branch trembling, yet in its immobility more awfully vital than any animate thing. The Tree of Life Concept of security involved in immobility and permanence. Piper in the Woods I was in the proscribed condition of immobility when the generator was started. Backlash The arrogance and pride of his words and her immobility affected him more than a reproof or even speech. Fairfax and His Pride The former are common enough,—the wretched hare creeping along with a bewildered look, as if its back were broken, or screaming in helpless immobility. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series She knew Helen so well also that although to the rest of the congregation the fair face preserved unchanged its proud immobility, Anne's eyes could read at once the wife's happiness in her husband's attention. Anne A wild roar of laughter, a cry of joy, and a confused blending of several voices in various tones followed, and I stood there like one stunned into immobility. That Boy Of Norcott's Then the skilful fisher threw his prize up in the air, caught it as it fell, swallowed it head foremost, and relapsed into his watchful immobility. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The whole thing paralyzed us into mental and physical immobility for I do not know how long. Armageddon—2419 A.D. Men stood numbed and useless, hypnotized into immobility. The Buttoned Sky Drawing his knife, he froze into complete immobility. Warrior of the Dawn The aspect of this immobility in movement was impressive. Toilers of the Sea Later, when its motion ceased, the paralysed age learned from the Quietists that immobility is perfection itself. Priests, Women, and Families He returned the glance with a despairing immobility. Rose MacLeod The fortunate being whose destiny lies this way takes on the gravity, the immobility, and the polish of an antique statue. Command The wood snapped with a sharp clear sound, freezing the five Sepharian guards into instant immobility. Warrior of the Dawn The claws retreated as he came close, some of them stiffening into immobility. Second Variety It formed into a system, and established frankly, as supreme perfection, that state of immobility and impotency which the soul reaches at last, when it surrenders its activity. Priests, Women, and Families His face was sphinx-like in its immobility but the cold lethality of his eyes was apparent even to the inexperienced tenderfoot, who was growing strangely uncomfortable for some indefinable reason. The Song of the Wolf They danced and were smitten with idiotic immobility. Command But, relapsing into immobility, she ignored his question. The Bright Shawl Sitting men remained where they sat, and some of the motionless ones saved their lives by their immobility. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 The theories which speak the most of immobility are not always disinterested. Priests, Women, and Families Arrived at the top and screening himself behind the rude log and mud chimney, he awaited with a patience and immobility which Wellington might have envied, the arrival of the foe. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion These were very quiet, the carven smile on their crimson lips not disturbing the careful arrangement of their features; and their eyes never lost their jewel-like immobility. Ancestors A Novel They all leaned forward, engaged by the total pallor of her immobility above the blazing silk. The Bright Shawl The Buprestidae are distinguished from the Elateridae by the immobility of the prosternal process in the mesosternal cavity and by the absence of the lateral processes at the hind corners of the prothorax. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" But even in these cases the exceptions prove the rule; for it is grimly significant of our legislative immobility that the two great questions of a century should finally have been settled by the sword. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Her deafness was undoubtedly the cause of her immobility under the approach of such an assailant. Hand and Ring The attitude of attention is one of tense immobility, with the whole body oriented towards the object of attention. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life When Charles Abbott felt that he could support it no longer, suddenly she was, apparently, frozen in the immobility of a stone; the knotted fringe of her mant�n hung without a quiver. The Bright Shawl Permanence of organisms due to immobility of external conditions. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition In her dark immobility, among the rich, clear objects scattered so artfully about the sun-lighted chamber, she had a marvellous effect of being the chief figure in some modern French artist's impressionistic "interior." The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon Suddenly his face reassumed its habitual, inexpressive mask of immobility, and the furtive eyes were persistently downcast. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories The cube seems to suggest rest, immobility; the cylinder, in this connection, growth; and the sphere, perfection, completeness,—so delicately poised it is,—only kept in its proper place by the most exquisite adjustment. Froebel's Gifts The order is against much movement, but immobility is unbearable. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" National progress is the sum of individual progress; national immobility the result of individual quiescence. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Literature has hitherto glorified serene immobility, ecstasy, and sleep; they will extol aggressive movement, feverish insomnia, the double-quick step, the somersault, the box on the ear, the fisticuff. Ivory Apes and Peacocks It would be difficult to say which was the more awful—his sudden outburst of rage, or his immobility and silence after it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. The good trapper learns that, like rabbit or bob-cat, he must be able to freeze into statuesque immobility at the sudden appearance of danger. The Wilderness Trail He wanted to stagger her immobility by making her recite the nonsense about Mrs. Prichard's informants. When Ghost Meets Ghost From my position near the condemned men I could see the shifting components of the mob freeze to immobility before the menace of those barrels. Gold With both, however, the beauty of manifestation was secondary to the immobility of the inner feeling. Pedagogics as a System Throughout this tirade Pius maintained the same immobility of attitude, the same calm on his visage. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. The moon-threaded mist clung closely to the town like a shroud of gauze, not concealing the form beneath, but making its immobility more mysterious. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales It is a curious illustration of this immobility, that no persuasion, no authority, can make them fishermen. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 It can laugh and sigh and groan and weep, as well as shout and storm, with the ease of an infant, and then immediately regain its immobility and fixed attention. The Bondboy Then Dixon suddenly froze into stark immobility, staring with startled eyes at the base of a rocky crag thirty yards away. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 I saw as brain-blurred drunkards see; I felt, yet could not feel; I seemed in moving time to be In nerveless immobility As dust upon a wheel. Ioläus The man that was a ghost Mr. North gave no directions for the funeral, took no part in it, but stood beside the grave in dreadful immobility. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales But immobility in art is a Chinese characteristic, and no national cataclysms seem to have disturbed it. Needlework As Art These were buried in the neck of the reviving beast—and instantly it sank back into immobility. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 There is no motion of MacCarthy's but I vibrate to it; and about my immobility he revolves. A Modern Symposium Simultaneously, Halder felt the nightmare immobility draining from him and the sensation of dreamlike unreality fade from his mind. The Other Likeness His supreme desire attended to, he sank into a patient immobility that approached stupor, while the surgeon worked with intent haste to stop the flow of blood. Money Magic A Novel Anesthesia is necessary where absolute immobility of the patient is essential and where entire muscular relaxation is indispensable. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle His face and figure resumed their stony immobility. The Side Of The Angels A Novel She had the heavy immobility of an elemental force. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court But we are bound to take into account the gain which comes with immobility as well as the drawbacks. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer Just a calm, serious immobility that gave one the impression of a painting by one of the old European masters. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country At times she lapsed into complete immobility, lying on her back and staring at the ceiling. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type Not a word was spoken; the solemn silence, the immobility and deathlike pallor of the objects, was awful—they were as breathing corpses. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 The four in the master room froze into immobility. Slaves of Mercury But he did not come; and Smithy, halted by the command, was frozen to sudden, panic-stricken immobility by that which followed. Two Thousand Miles Below After that came a brief period, measured by seconds, of immobility. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 Revolution is the struggle between the tendency to immobility innate in a community, and the force which urges it to move. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso Impatient at the silence and immobility of his rival, and hoping, perhaps, to draw from him some information, Croustillac placed himself near Youm�ale, who, however, did not appear to notice him. A Romance of the West Indies Dr. Bird froze into instant immobility and the voice spoke again. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 Fong Ling's yellow visage moved for the first time from its immobility with a sort of awe, a dread. The Million-Dollar Suitcase The strain of physical immobility 80 told upon him, and he lost interest. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories Every progress in nature is the result of a struggle between the tendency to immobility, manifested by misoneism, or the hatred of novelty, and a foreign force which seeks to conquer this tendency. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso The cricket still preserved the same immobility; its executioner seized it by an antenna and drew it anew to the entrance of the hole. The Industries of Animals "Spooky place, isn't it?" returned Frank. nd then they were both startled into immobility by a rumble that seemed to shake the foundations of the house. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 Brahms is the Bonze of his art; his music has often the immobility of the Orient—I think the 'Vibrationists' would describe it as 'kinetic stability.' Melomaniacs Improvements gradually force themselves upon the attention of the most prejudiced minds, and eventually conquer opposition in spite of professional immobility and aversion to change. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy But they stood erect and there was a dignity in the way they held their heads back, a dignity in their immobility of feature and in their slow, grave speech. When the West Was Young In the moment of stupor and immobility which this unforeseen apparition produces a few imprudent birds have disappeared within the reptile’s mouth, while the others fly away. The Industries of Animals Upon a day in the sixteenth century, at Rome, some men bearing the title of Inquisitors, who assumed to derive wisdom and authority from God himself, were assembled to decree the immobility of the earth. Italy, the Magic Land The audience was completely shaken out of its fashionable immobility, and "superb," "bravo," "magnificent," "encore," "bis," were heard on all sides. Melomaniacs We must, therefore, desist from the useless attempt to reduce the child to a state of immobility. Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook When she did speak, the same childlike curtness and immobility were observable, that had been shown by the couch of her dying relative. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 It thus finds for its first meals a food which unites the flavour of living flesh with the immobility of death. The Industries of Animals A bare ripple under the vessel's bows marked her virtual immobility. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore Even as the conference froze to horrified immobility, many men and women stepped to the ledges of those darkened windows and plunged out in their fear. Lords of the Stratosphere When immobility is obtained, the room is half-darkened, or else the children close their eyes, or cover them with their hands. Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook Their immobility was explained a moment later by an electric blue spark from something in the shadow of their bodies. The Martian Cabal From this either death or temporary immobility may follow. The Industries of Animals The immobility or bruteness of nature, is the absence of spirit; to pure spirit, it is fluid, it is volatile, it is obedient. Nature To return to the immobility of the terrestrial axis, the following is the result: if we were to spend a winter here, we should see the stars describing a circle about us. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras It is not a grace taught externally for the sake of beauty or regard for the world, but one which is born of the pleasure felt by the spirit in immobility and silence. Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook But the rest of the Secret Agents, save to freeze into immobility when the hated voice spoke, gave no sign. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 There the pines stop abruptly, in the leaning immobility of a man who has almost trodden upon a flower. The Trimming of Goosie Some fainted and others were shocked into immobility. No Hiding Place The six men who operated the disintegrator rays were stung out of their startled immobility, and the soft hum of the atomatic power generators deepened. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 Eventually, however, she lapsed into a sort of listless immobility. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real Cracked and scarred and tumbled, as though some inexorable Titan torch had seared and crumbled and broken it, left it now congealed like a wind-lashed sea abruptly frozen into immobility. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 His immobility, the calm confidence with which he stood there, was insolently challenging. The Great Dome on Mercury All had been stricken into instant immobility by the sudden interruption of the ranger. They of the High Trails The intense vitality of them, the vivid coloring, the beautiful action of many and the statuesque immobility of the majority, were thrilling and all satisfying to the hearts of the captors. Valley of Wild Horses The happiness faded from the girl's face as if by magic and an expression of absolute immobility took its place. Poisoned Air In a moment while he stood shocked into immobility, the cave was a tiny cell. The World Beyond After interminable hours of waiting, of aching immobility, of dull agony of mind, the interior of the van was becoming slowly visible.... A Nest of Spies A breath-holding immobility lay over river and garden; no quiver moved in the aspens or shook the leaf-clad towers of the elms and chestnuts. Daisy's Aunt Mrs. Gerhardt made no sign, but her very immobility told something. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel Her dark eyes glowed with an internal fire and the immobility of her face vanished as if by magic to be replaced by an expression of fierce hatred. Poisoned Air And sometimes it was only his tireless immobility that saved him from the stroke of a startled adder or a questioning and indignant crotalus. In the Morning of Time Fantômas had hypnotised her into immobility, as the bird is hypnotised by the cat watching its prey. A Nest of Spies We speak of insensibility of heart, immobility of countenance. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions In the face of the gradual and immense improvement in telescopes, this apparent immobility of the stars was, however, not destined to last. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language In an instant the rage faded from her face and the calm, immobility which had marked it reappeared. Poisoned Air Stillness, absolute immobility, was the trump-card to be always played in the wilderness when in doubt. Kings in Exile At the command "Rest" each Scout keeps one foot in place, but is not required to keep silence or immobility. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts The order flew from mouth to mouth and silence and immobility reigned in the Old Mill, from one end to the other of the house and grounds. The Frontier The bull-terrier, disheartened by this immobility, sat on its haunches, and regarded the two doubtfully, perhaps prudishly disapproving. Heart of the Blue Ridge Brandes, always the gambler, always wary and reticent by nature, did all the listening before he came to conclusions that relaxed the stiffness of his attitude and the immobility of his large, round face. The Dark Star So be stiffened into instant immobility, and regretted that he had brought the dog with him. Kings in Exile At the command "At Ease" each Scout keeps one foot in place and is required to keep silence but not immobility. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts "Oh, papa, I see a horse!" was the startling exclamation of Dot, whom her mother had supposed, because of her stillness and immobility, to be asleep. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux No one of the three spoke as she seated herself on a bit of timber near them, and, folding her hands, waited with the immobility and the apparent impartiality of Fate itself. A Christmas Accident and Other Stories The beauty and quiet of the place were almost enchantment enough to account for the gray-headed porters, their immobility and longevity, and I longed to draw the charm over me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 This seeming immobility is partly an effect of vast distance. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition India has been called the land of quiet repose, content to remain anchored to the hoary past, and proud of her immobility. India, Its Life and Thought I saw this; but in the anticipation of a visit from the marker, I prudently preserved my attitude of immobility. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness |
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