How to Use nonresponsive in a Sentence

nonresponsive

adjective

• The dog was nonresponsive, though his heart was still beating.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2021
• Lochlan became lethargic and nonresponsive through the evening, and refused to eat.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2024
• When police arrived, the victim was nonresponsive on the ground and not breathing.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2020
• Holley objected to that answer as being nonresponsive and asked that it be struck from the court record.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021
• In this business, ego can cause people to be nonresponsive and demanding.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• On Thursday, a woman died at the campground after she was found nonresponsive.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2022
• Gilleon said the Bills never spoke to his client and characterized the team as largely nonresponsive to him.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2022
• If the patient did not feel anything when stimulated, that electrode was marked as nonresponsive.
  — Christof Koch, Scientific American, 10 May 2021
• Floyd eventually became nonresponsive and died, and all four officers involved in his death have been fired and charged.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 9 July 2020
• When police noticed that Prude was limp and nonresponsive, paramedics were called over and CPR was started.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2022
• The department provided vague or nonresponsive answers, the filing alleged, and at times didn’t respond at all.
  — Phillip Jackson, baltimoresun.com, 10 May 2021
• The complex has also had problems with maintenance and waste, and management has been nonresponsive, Cheyne said.
  — Katie Rice, orlandosentinel.com, 5 July 2021
• Facing stubborn social inequities and nonresponsive elites, how do people manage?
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2023
• Though the patient was initially nonresponsive, his heart rate suddenly jumped and grew stronger as the ceremony progressed.
  — Guest Columnist/cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• Faculty provide a final check by reporting nonresponsive or no-show students.
  — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
• The second handout said the enumerators were reaching out to nonresponsive households.
  — Geoff Hing, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2021
• When core body temperature reaches a hundred and four degrees and higher, a person can become confused or lost in a delirium, nonresponsive.
  — James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021
• Responding officers found the girl was unconscious and nonresponsive.
  — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
• That preparation kicked in when a woman became nonresponsive recently before a nearby produce market.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
• The transcripts also detailed the moments when the officers began to realize Floyd was nonresponsive or perhaps dead.
  — Haley Victory Smith, Washington Examiner, 8 July 2020
• Upon arrival, officers found a woman lying in the roadway, unconscious and nonresponsive.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2023
• The woman went from being able to respond to verbal commands to being nonresponsive, according to the Health Department.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
• In a prescient episode of the medical drama The Pitt, a boy is brought into the emergency room nonresponsive and with a rash on his legs that puzzles the residents treating him.
  — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2025
• That answer was completely nonresponsive.
  — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
• Poor customer service issues — like nonresponsive prep programs — mean candidates and potential employers can’t always get quick answers about hiring and readiness.
  — Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2022
• Responding officers at the scene found the 46-year-old Martinez, of Nampa, to be nonresponsive, according to the police news release.
  — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 9 June 2026
• Even on requests that are eventually acquiesced to, Democratic aides told me the administration will often slow-roll those queries or provide nonresponsive answers.
  — Ella Nilsen, Vox, 17 July 2019
• In some cases, the Census Bureau may use federal administrative records, which may be flawed or incomplete, to determine who is living in a nonresponsive home.
  — Sarah Volpenhein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2020
• In some cases, the Census Bureau may use federal administrative records, which may be incomplete, to determine who is living in a nonresponsive home.
  — Sarah Volpenhein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2020
• While meal service was underway, the man, who was not immediately identified by officials, was discovered in a cell in a housing unit unconscious and nonresponsive, the sheriff's office said.
  — Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 13 Sep. 2025