sleepwalking

adjective

as in comatose

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  1. comatose
  2. somnambulant
  3. semiconscious
  4. hypnotized
Adjective
  • Fowler later diagnosed her as comatose before a deputy commissioner ordered the execution stopped.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Johnson plays Lowen Ashleigh, a down-on-her-luck ghost writer hired to complete a bestselling thriller series for the novelist Verity Crawford (Hathaway) after she is rendered comatose in an accident.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of comatose
Adjective
  • But his delivery proved so funny that Hughes put him in the film, teaching somnambulant students.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Although the scenes in the past consist of long conversations, that dialogue is provocative and confrontational, in ways that make what’s happening in Silo 18 feel somnambulant.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of somnambulant
Adjective
  • The teacher who found Viviano opened the door and found her semiconscious.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Arriving officers located the moped driver, an adult man, who appeared to be semiconscious, police said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
Definition of semiconscious
Adjective
  • Therapy sessions can be scary, especially the ones that rely on semi-hypnotized journeys into hidden pasts.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 June 2026
Definition of hypnotized
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