Rhoda shrieked at sight of the deathly inertness and the rent flesh, and hopeless, fell to an anguish of weeping; but Giles and Lois, tearless, mute, with hand and ear over his heart, sought and sought for sign of life, finding none.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman
The inertness you complain of in the ministry starts early.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
I guessed at Wildred's powerful influence in the affair, and was ready to fancy others; but, as I was to learn long afterward, I brought forward every reason for Karine's mysterious inertness save the right one.
"The House by the Lock"
C. N. Williamson