death-still

I laid death-still and heard the flight feathers whistle above me and make their circle and come nearer.

Remarks At Millennium Lecture Series ITY National Archives 1998

But there were differences of detail, and it stood as death-still as the tower thing, and it was armed with sword and shield.

A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969

She dropped back in the Morris chair, her eyes against the cushion, her hair disordered, both her hands gripping the left arm of the chair, her sobs throat-catching and long -- throb-throb-throb in the death-still air.

The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918

I tracked it down to the death-still pits where the avalanche is hurled;

Ballads of a Cheechako 1916

Though death-still, it has a voice which calls ceaselessly to those human hearts tuned to its messages: hostile and harsh, it draws and urges; repellent, it profligately awards health and wealth; inviting, it kills.

The Desert Valley Jackson Gregory 1912

And then she came alongside the Pool and held her hands to her breast and kept her eyes away from the water, where it spread death-still with the moon looking up very peaceful out of it.

The Torch and Other Tales Eden Phillpotts 1911

As Clement bent down and took her hand and looked into her eyes his heart seemed to stop death-still for

The Spirit of Sweetwater Hamlin Garland 1900

As the first rocket plunged into the throng a sudden silence ensued, and every savage stood death-still, gazing with eyes of horror upon the hissing fiery thing as it darted hither and thither inflicting painful burns and bruises wherever it went.

A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Harry Collingwood 1886