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Adjective
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Later Clay sits handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser when the cops stop a mute, possibly somnambulant woman who has three vertical eye slits in her face.—
Ed Park,
The New York Review of Books,
14 Mar. 2023 -
The phrasing is chatty but not overstuffed, the synthesizers underline Swift’s emotions rather than obscuring them and the insecurities feel like genuine transmissions from Swift’s somnambulant psyche.—
Lindsay Zoladz,
New York Times,
7 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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Love that comatose Wednesday has her hands folded across her chest, corpse-style.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Researchers used artificial intelligence to spot hidden signs of consciousness in comatose patients long before they were noticed by doctors, according to a new study.—
Claire Cameron,
semafor.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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When first responders reached the scene, Glass was semiconscious.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
28 July 2025
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From left: The toddler discovers her father semiconscious in bed, then runs to get glucose tablets from the living room.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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“Sleepwalking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleepwalking. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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