The door maintained its immobility; behind it there seemed to be no living being.

Not the movement of a finger broke the stonelike immobility of his attitude.

The display of her dress and her hair, her rouge, beneath which one could guess her paleness, all the splendor of her toilet, did but the more distinctly bring out the immobility of her countenance.

I have seen him cry like a child at evidences of their love for him, he whose courage no danger could daunt, and who was never seen to blench before hatred nor change his stern immobility in the face of his foes.

No delirium disturbed the rigid immobility in which she now lay.

This would explain the complete immobility of the compartment.

I shall never forget the frozen immobility of the three actors in the tragedy.

I rather absurdly concluded, knowing not with what possible threat to try to frighten his immobility into compliance.

Whereas in clamping we obtain immobility of the crack by keeping it fixed in the position of greatest approximation of its edges, in wedging, the crack is rendered free from movement by maintaining it in that position where its edges are most widely separated.

He fluttered internally, but succeeded in preserving his outward immobility.

Her features expressed strong emotion, but they quickly resumed their former immobility.

In our opinion this method of attempting to secure immobility of the crack, and so prevent its extension, is not often followed by success.

And the rigidly set face of the Cathedral servant, which seemed to have acquired the immobility of its pillars and statues, relaxed with an affectionate smile.

" The foreman studied keenly the face of Charming Billy, saw there an immobility that somehow belied his cheerful view of the case, and abruptly changed the subject.