sleepwalking

adjective

as in comatose

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  1. comatose
  2. somnambulant
  3. semiconscious
  4. hypnotized
Adjective
  • Within a matter of minutes, Hicks, Hudson, Vasquez, and Gorman are the only Marines left standing — and Gorman's technically comatose.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • Polaski, a freshman at the University of Alabama, was found comatose on the concrete by resort staff and immediately rushed to a local hospital.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Definition of comatose
Adjective
  • The John Chayka era is already a significant contrast from the Brad Treliving era, especially compared with last season’s somnambulant lack of transactions.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Finn does his best to keep an eye on his somnambulant sister, and in one scene, follows her clear across town to the basement where the Grabber had held him.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Definition of somnambulant
Adjective
  • Arriving officers located the moped driver, an adult man, who appeared to be semiconscious, police said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • Epstein had previously been placed under suicide watch after he was found semiconscious in his cell with a noose around his neck more than two weeks earlier.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 25 Mar. 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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