virtually immobile

Frequency: 4.71.5 per million words

To be almost completely without movement; in effect, immobile.

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  • After the severe injury, he was virtually immobile for several months.
  • The car, stuck deep in the mud, became virtually immobile until help arrived.
  • She lay on the bed, virtually immobile, recovering from the exhaustive surgery.
  • Due to the heavy snow, the city's transport system was rendered virtually immobile.
  • The old man had become virtually immobile without his walking aid.
  • A broken leg left the athlete virtually immobile for the rest of the season.
  • The robot, with its damaged gears, stood virtually immobile in the corner.
  • His fear was so intense that he remained virtually immobile, unable to react.
  • With the engine failing, the boat drifted, virtually immobile, towards the shore.
  • The patient, heavily sedated, appeared virtually immobile to the visitors.