Sample Sentences for
stationary
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    It was the only living thing in sight except for a stationary cloud of hysterical gnats suspended in the heat above the road.  (source)
    stationary = not moving
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    Hound had turned, clenching him in its metal-plier jaws, and trotted off in darkness, while the camera remained stationary, watching the creature dwindle in the distance—a splendid fade-out!  (source)
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    ...and atop this tree Saeed had spotted a hawk constructing its nest. Sometimes it floated at eye level, almost stationary in the wind, and then, with the tiniest movement of a wing, or even of the upturned feathers at one wingtip, it veered.  (source)
    stationary = motionless (not moving)
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    But, of course, the stars are not stationary, but moving very fast.†  (source)
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    One of the individuals was entirely stationary, one appeared to be pacing slowly.†  (source)
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    "It is the brightest stationary point in Boston," Sam said.†  (source)
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    Either the car is moving or it's stationary.†  (source)
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    On top of it, the gargoyles remained stationary.†  (source)
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    I took my first shot at a stationary target—hit.†  (source)
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    "In combat your enemy won't be stationary," he said now, looking the boy in the eye.†  (source)
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    The stationary sun that hung overhead was nothing but a virtual light source, programmed into the imaginary sky.†  (source)
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    Sometimes Ender had only a single starship and eight fighters; once the enemy dodged through an asteroid belt; sometimes the enemy left stationary traps, large installations that blew up if Ender brought one of his squadrons too close, often crippling or destroying some of Ender's ships.†  (source)
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    Louie scrounged up parachute cord and went to each injured man, looping cord around him as a belt, then wrapping the rope around stationary parts of the plane.†  (source)
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