as in slow
lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation
the city's downtown has been comatose for years
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Recent Examples of comatose
Wednesday appears gravely injured by the fall and is seemingly in a comatose state to begin the trailer for Season 2, Part 2, when Weems shows up in her hospital room as a wicked nurse.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The gang is after Shaw (Statham) for Han’s death, while the villain seeks revenge on his comatose brother's (Evans) behalf.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The action takes place in the Morris Park section of New York City where a colorful family prepares for Sunday dinner – Grandmother Nancy (Moriarty), her son Gino (Matthew Risch), Gino’s daughter Francesca (Nicole Ehinger) who is pregnant and unmarried, and a woman who sits in a chair, comatose.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
The Yankees remained comatose at the plate on Tuesday, as their lineup’s scoreless streak reached 29 innings in a 4-0 loss to the Angels in the Bronx.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The gang is after Shaw (Statham) for Han’s death, while the villain seeks revenge on his comatose brother's (Evans) behalf.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The action takes place in the Morris Park section of New York City where a colorful family prepares for Sunday dinner – Grandmother Nancy (Moriarty), her son Gino (Matthew Risch), Gino’s daughter Francesca (Nicole Ehinger) who is pregnant and unmarried, and a woman who sits in a chair, comatose.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
The Yankees remained comatose at the plate on Tuesday, as their lineup’s scoreless streak reached 29 innings in a 4-0 loss to the Angels in the Bronx.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comatose
Adjective
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The episodes feel choppy, hardly letting anything land, yet still feeling slow.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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The crowd, quietening into a slow clap with the moment building, burst into a celebration.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Unlike Bacalar, which is relatively new to tourism, Tulum has been transformed from a sleepy backwater into a pumping party town.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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Most days are quiet in Armenia’s sleepy southern province of Syunik.—
Michele Crestani,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Tom is torn between loyalty to his dead wife and love for the estranged son who killed her.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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The rush would close in, the play would appear dead — and the five-star recruit and Tennessee transfer would evaporate from the pocket.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Comatose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comatose. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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