But he slid down again as his body refused to obey him.

Logan tried to sit up, but his body refused to obey.

He wanted to get up and run but his body refused to obey.

He had told himself to stop, to turn, but his body refused to obey.

When he awoke the next time, and tried again, his body refused.

He tried to sit up, but his battered body refused to cooperate.

More often than not, mechanical support of a life like his would be continued until the body refused to respond any longer.

I've always known that the quality of love was the mind, even though the body sometimes refuses this knowledge.

Relax, he ordered himself, but his body refused to listen.

She struggled to reach out, to grab him, but her body refused to move.