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It is in politics, though, that phony indignation's immobilising effect is most keenly felt.

Why drown Ken Clarke in this tidal wave of phony anger? | Rachel Cooke 2011

"It is evidently pleasing to many people," the demographer J Richard Udry observed dryly in a 1970 paper comprehensively disproving the theory, "to fantasise that when people are trapped by some immobilising event which deprives them of their usual activities, most will turn to copulation".

Sex, lies and natural disasters 2012

Scotland are waiting for news on the wing Max Evans, who was forced off with an ankle injury and left Cardiff on crutches and wearing an immobilising boot.

Alasdair Strokosch set to miss rest of Scotland's Six Nations campaign 2012

In their last hours, infected ants move towards the underside of the leaf they are on and lock their mandibles in a "death grip" around the central vein, immobilising themselves and locking the fungus in position.

'Zombie ants' controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m years 2010

A group of men pulled the rope through a wooden post and heaved hard, immobilising the half-tonne beast.

Catalan town fears bullfighting ban will extinguish its fire bulls Giles Tremlett in Amposta 2010

'Your bus-stealing Grantchester-immobilising friend no longer exists,' he assured me.

They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010

But if that had happened, surely the cleavages would have come to the fore clearly, immobilising everyone.

Now Terrorists Set Eyes On Pakistan's Capital 2008

Ms R regards romance as something that is tense, exhilarating, passionate, frustrating,immobilising, delicious and insane.

Archive 2008-12-01 Ms Robinson 2008

Masses of workers supported a national strike against rising living costs on Wednesday, paralysing transport services and immobilising businesses.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

As more water was displaced by his exhaust he could feel the slurry of brash around his lower body thicken, immobilising his legs.

Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007