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Recent Examples of comatose 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 During this comatose period, Foxx was taken to a doctor, who administered a cortisone shot and sent him home. Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 11 June 2025 The Crofts are still comatose, they’re now intubated (aka not breathing on their own), and there’s still only enough of Watson’s treatment to save one of the brothers. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for comatose
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Adjective
  • Biden, who ended his bid for a second White House term 107 days before last year's election, has been relatively slow to move on presidential library planning compared with most of his recent predecessors.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
  • With Parkinson’s, doctors implant electrodes in the brain that produce electrical impulses to disrupt the abnormal signals that cause tremors, stiffness and slow movement.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After dropping a sleepy rubber match to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday, the Tigers have lost nine of their past 13 games.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In recent years, the government even started paying people to move to its sleepy medieval villages.
    Siobhan Reid, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This would not be the first NFL opening weekend to stare fans dead in the eye and lie to them.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • For instance, Captain John Boats out of Plymouth during a whale watch last August came across a dead basking shark that was being scavenged by five to six blue sharks.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Comatose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comatose. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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