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move a muscle

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not move a muscle

to stay completely still. She sat without moving a muscle as the nurse injected the anaesthetic.

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I was now thoroughly awake, but as unable to move a muscle as though turned to stone.

A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

Sabin saw nothing, hut he did not move a muscle of his face.

The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

Bert clung like a frozen monkey to his ropes and did not move a muscle for five minutes.

The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context

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