How To Use Stock-still In A Sentence
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On seeing us, the deer stood stock-still for a moment, then turned and retreated into the forest.
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He stands stock-still, and glances over the crowd.
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Bethan was sitting stock-still on a sofa with Isabel beside her, holding her hand.
THE WHITE DOVE
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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.
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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.
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Instead, they stood stock-still, staring at something in the woods a short distance away.
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The figure stood stock-still, silent and unsuspecting.
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There were some people standing stock-still a few feet from the tent.
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Stock-still there he stands like a traveller bemazed:
WRITTEN IN GERMANY ON ONE OF THE COLDEST DAYS OF THE CENTURY
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People stood stock-still and simply orated, their arms firmly bolted to their sides.
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For a moment she stood stock-still and appeared to be sizing up the situation mentally.
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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
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they waited stock-still outside the door
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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
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Sam dropped her hands from my shoulders and stood stock-still.
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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.
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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
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I desperately tried to hold my breath, to stay stock-still and make as little noise as I could.
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I caught a quick glimpse of Abby in the room, sitting stock-still, no movement apparent.
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The girl instantly ceased her movement, standing stock-still as she turned blazing eyes on Chris.
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He stood stock-still, hardly daring to breathe.
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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.
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Curiously, the footage of her performance on that day showed this audience not quite as keen - indeed, they stood stock-still and looked bemused.
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Miriam stands stock-still, a look of shock on her face.
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I stand stock-still, too shocked to defend myself.
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He bowed as well as he could in the crowded atmosphere and left her, standing stock-still in surprise.
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Even when her mother had come out and ranted about his rudeness and audacity, she stood stock-still.