fossilised

I like the idea to use a 'fossilised' form of the emphatic particle, rather than one that is in common use.

Back to business: emphatic particles and verbal extensions 2008

Robert Muir Wood, head of the research group at Risk Management Solutions, said the current IPCC report system was "fossilised" and that the organisation needed to move into the 21st century by setting up Wikipedia-style rolling publishing, that could be updated each month.

Climate Audit ryanm 2010

Robert Muir Wood, head of the research group at Risk Management Solutions, said the current IPCC report system was "fossilised" and that the organisation needed to move into the 21st century by setting up Wikipedia-style rolling publishing, that could be updated each month.

Climate Audit 2010

Webb's estimates have, of course, been questioned recently, and it is true that calculation of running speed from fossilised tracks is open to varying interpretations.

Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011

Webb's estimates have, of course, been questioned recently, and it is true that calculation of running speed from fossilised tracks is open to varying interpretations.

Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011

We would see an overwhelming number of fossils of one particular species, accompanied by various fossilised artefacts and so on.

INTERVIEW: Michael Hanlon, Author of Eternity, Our Next Billion Years 2009

Within eight months, Conrad was running for Great Britain, age 22 – practically fossilised by athlete standards.

Rising star: Conrad Williams 2011

Webb's estimates have, of course, been questioned recently, and it is true that calculation of running speed from fossilised tracks is open to varying interpretations.

Peter McAllister: Manthropology: The Science Of The Inadequate Modern Male Peter McAllister 2011

In the welcome spirit in which people around the world are taking it upon themselves to question and even shake off entrenched and fossilised regimes that have long outstayed their welcome, I wonder if their courageous example could not have something to teach us?

Letters: Artistic bravado 2011

The tiny animals became entombed in the fossilised tree resin some 52m years ago, before the Indian subcontinent crunched into Asia to produce the Himalayan mountain range.

Prehistoric creatures discovered in huge Indian amber haul Ian Sample 2010