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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.
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  • 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
  • People stood stock-still and simply orated, their arms firmly bolted to their sides.
  • For a moment she stood stock-still and appeared to be sizing up the situation mentally.
  • Dutiful clenched Thick's chubby wrist in his hand and Thick stood, stock-still and stolid, immobile and yet roaring like a bon. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
  • they waited stock-still outside the door
  • No sign of Dobson and his goon, but one bloke was stock-still on the pavement, keeping his eyes on us even when jostled. THE TARTAN RINGERS
  • Sam dropped her hands from my shoulders and stood stock-still.
  • As I was coming around a corner I ran into a large man heavily laden with camera equipment standing stock-still grinning at a tiny orange butterfly resting on his jeans right above his left knee.
  • Sometimes he slunk along in devious loop-like curves, and again he leaped into the air and stood stock-still. Janey Canuck in the West
  • I desperately tried to hold my breath, to stay stock-still and make as little noise as I could.
  • I caught a quick glimpse of Abby in the room, sitting stock-still, no movement apparent.
  • The girl instantly ceased her movement, standing stock-still as she turned blazing eyes on Chris.
  • He stood stock-still, hardly daring to breathe.
  • They may or may not have noticed the performers, standing stock-still and scattered throughout the room, whom they had to pass by in order to get to their seats.
  • Curiously, the footage of her performance on that day showed this audience not quite as keen - indeed, they stood stock-still and looked bemused.
  • Miriam stands stock-still, a look of shock on her face.
  • I stand stock-still, too shocked to defend myself.
  • He bowed as well as he could in the crowded atmosphere and left her, standing stock-still in surprise.
  • Even when her mother had come out and ranted about his rudeness and audacity, she stood stock-still.

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