How to Use immobile in a Sentence

immobile

adjective
  • The accident left her immobile.
  • The tranquilizer made the animal immobile.
  • Okay, so these are tiny, immobile workaholic bugs that eat rocks.
    — National Geographic, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Now, the shells of clams, snails, and immobile boats litter the lakebed.
    — National Geographic, 20 May 2017
  • Scales are immobile for much of their life, appearing as small tan to gray bumps.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • One of the assailants then briefly tried to pull the third, immobile man away, but gave up the attempt and fled.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021
  • More often than not, a towel was used to cover his immobile hand.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 June 2026
  • His legs felt like the trunks of Sequoia trees and his entire left side was immobile.
    — Annie Vainshtein, SFChronicle.com, 20 May 2020
  • Now, unable to bend his leg, Kameron is immobile for at least the summer.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 15 June 2022
  • Then the ligaments and nerves were damaged, and the whole left hand was immobile.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • With no more than ten feet between us, Death stands immobile, garbed in a dirty, dusty cloak with a hood.
    — Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Calais Campbell played with a thigh injury but looked tight and immobile.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 Dec. 2021
  • So the researchers kept testing compounds that would keep sperm immobile.
    — WIRED, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Photos from the scene showed snow pounding down as cars sat immobile in the center of the highway.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
  • At the touch of a button, the seemingly immobile box rises up on wheels, ready to ride.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • When a new dancer enters the space, the others are often lying immobile on the ground.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2022
  • Now, boats sit rusted and immobile on land that is rapidly turning into a salt plain.
    — Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
  • El Rivero lives in home for the elderly and has hip problems that have left her immobile.
    — Sarah Larimer, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2017
  • This left the vessel listing and immobile, as social media video of the boat shows.
    — Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
  • One clip showed a large group of people gathered in the snow below a section of the ski lifts, which were immobile.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Curl the barbell up and away from your body while keeping your shoulder blades, hips, and elbows immobile.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 26 Dec. 2017
  • The face itself looked fine — a bit glowy at times and immobile around the eyes — but its novelty quickly wore off.
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
  • There are other factors, such as the fact that farmers were immobile, and so subject to attack.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2011
  • After copulating, the two males lay immobile on the seafloor as the female swam away.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Newman came to rest on the apron, immobile and with gasoline — and now flames — rising from his upturned racecar.
    — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
  • His patients, too, revert to their immobile states after the brief success of L-dopa.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • However, my wrist will be immobile for three more months, at which time the plate over my hand will be removed; that means no driving till then.
    — Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • About two weeks after flying back to her dorm room, still on the treatment, Prince felt feverish, weak and immobile.
    — New York Times, 29 May 2021
  • Medical officers skied down the frozen halfpipe to tend to the slender, immobile frame on the snow.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Stray voltage from a nearby streetlight shocked her and her dog Denim, leaving him immobile.
    — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026

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