ADJECTIVE
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absolutely still
frozen with horror
they stood rooted in astonishment
ADVERB
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without moving or making a sound
he sat still as a statue
they waited stock-still outside the door
time stood still
he couldn't hold still any longer
How To Use stock-still In A Sentence
- On seeing us, the deer stood stock-still for a moment, then turned and retreated into the forest.
- He stands stock-still, and glances over the crowd.
- Bethan was sitting stock-still on a sofa with Isabel beside her, holding her hand. THE WHITE DOVE
- Even if the property market were to stand stock-still for years, you're better off owning your own home and paying off the mortgage.
- I was standing stock-still, up to my waist in motionless water, in a deep cavern, totally blind.
- He sprinted back and forth many times; amazingly, his breathing remained even, and he could resume his singing as if he had been standing stock-still.
- Instead, they stood stock-still, staring at something in the woods a short distance away.
- The figure stood stock-still, silent and unsuspecting.
- There were some people standing stock-still a few feet from the tent.
- Stock-still there he stands like a traveller bemazed: WRITTEN IN GERMANY ON ONE OF THE COLDEST DAYS OF THE CENTURY