immobile

Preposition: for

• period: Any form of transport where you sit immobile for long periods is risky.
• hour: They thus have to be immobile for a few hours, several times a week.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: External hard drive requires a secondary power source, which makes the entire concept immobile.
• spend: Similar advice is appropriate for travelers by bus or train who spend many hours immobile in cramped conditions.

Modifying Another Word

• relatively: The region between these areas, the thoracic spine, is splinted by the rib cage and is relatively immobile.
• largely: I could not continue to work, as collapsed vertebrae meant I was largely immobile.
• completely: Then look down and find that it was still completely immobile.
• totally: Infection was our main concern since this could render the hand totally immobile, a daunting prospect five hours into the cave.
• almost: The work investigates the notions of beauty with the wig being excessive to the point the wearer becomes almost immobile.
• very: In a few cases follow-up clinics provide a small number of home visits for very immobile patients.

Used with adjective complement

• sit: Any form of transport where you sit immobile for long periods is risky.
• remain: Some, like pressure sores, for example, can occur at any time in people who remain immobile.
• become: The rapid reduction of temperature will cause them to become immobile for a short period.
• stand: O'Brien motioned with his head to the man in the white coat, who had stood immobile throughout the proceedings.
• hold: Some of the 2nd group, which had not been held immobile, actually managed to escape!
• render: The limestone outcrops are popularly believed to be the petrified bodies of trolls and giants, rendered immobile by the witches.

Modifies a noun

• patient: A canine cart can help provide mobility to immobile patients.
• object: Attaching your bike to an immobile object with an insurance approved lock will deter most thieves.
• people: This is further complicated by the fact that immobile people ( no matter how fit otherwise ) tend to become constipated.
• socialization: When I suggest the term immobile socialization, I intentionally reverse Williams ' ( 1974 ) concept of ' mobile privatization ' .