How to Use persistent vegetative state in a Sentence

persistent vegetative state

noun

• The Puerto Rican boxer had brain surgery but never fully recovered from his injuries, identified as a large subdural hematoma, and was in a persistent vegetative state.
  — Matt Moret, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
• People in a persistent vegetative state retain some brain stem functions that regulate involuntary bodily activities, such as heart rate, blood pressure and digestion, but cannot live without continuous care and treatment.
  — Robert S. Olick, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
• When a persistent vegetative state is properly diagnosed, recovering cognitive ability is extremely rare.
  — Robert S. Olick, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
• The 1976 case, In re Quinlan, involved Karen Ann Quinlan, a young woman in a persistent vegetative state whose family sought permission from the court to withdraw her ventilator.
  — Jennifer McCurdy, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
• Teddy also works for Auxolith as a low-level warehouse employee and has a dark history with the company, which, years prior, put his mother Sandy (Alicia Silverstone) on an experimental drug treatment for opioid withdrawal that left her in a persistent vegetative state.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 31 Oct. 2025