How to Use comatose in a Sentence

comatose

adjective

• She lay in a comatose state.
• Both were found comatose on a bench near the city center.
  — Travis Fedschun, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2018
• Palmer was comatose for eight days, coach Jevon Glenn said.
  — David Furones, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 July 2017
• The cold is putting reptiles like sea turtles in a comatose state.
  — CBS News, 16 Jan. 2018
• Arata showed up a few times while Clarke was comatose, Lamb said.
  — jsonline.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• Lap dogs and comatose cats aren't alone in the fat animal kingdom.
  — David Epstein, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2013
• The news of his comatose state triggered a frantic effort to get Warmbier out.
  — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 15 June 2017
• Within weeks after her admission to the ER, KW was in a comatose state.
  — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2017
• It was determined David was comatose and he was placed on life support.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• Coffy’s 11-year-old sister has gotten hold of some bad smack and is now comatose at the hospital where Coffy works.
  — Odie Henderson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
• Another was comatose, a soldier in an army that didn’t care.
  — Elisa Gonzalez, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
• The Cavs were going nowhere except from bad to worse, lethargic to comatose, hapless to Hue Jackson.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• The others stopped scrolling after the story about the comatose passenger.
  — Christopher Elliott | On Travel, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2023
• An elite runner is used to handling pain, and being semi-comatose all day seemed much worse.
  — Roger Robinson, Outside Online, 29 May 2020
• The raccoons were seen popping up onto their hind legs, baring their teeth, and then falling over in a comatose state.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 5 Apr. 2018
• One day—hopefully soon—the city that never sleeps will turn to the task of waking up its comatose economy.
  — Kate King, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2020
• But species don’t stay in their cold, comatose state for the duration of their dormant period.
  — Christie Wilcox, National Geographic, 12 Oct. 2017
• Unlike Joe Flacco, cool to the point of being comatose, this Denver rookie burns hot.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2019
• He was imprisoned for 17 months before being returned to the US, comatose, on June 13.
  — Nicole Gaouette, CNN, 20 June 2017
• The confession has the contours of catharsis; Bonnie is making it, though, to a woman who is comatose.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 July 2019
• Traveling through the door takes you inside the mind of the person, while their semi-comatose body remains behind.
  — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2020
• According to that friend, Guerrero is comatose and still faces surgery to relieve bleeding and pressure in his brain.
  — Orange County Register, 5 Apr. 2017
• Warmbier, who grew up in Ohio, served 18 months behind bars before being returned to the United States last year in a comatose state.
  — Jim Michaels, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2018
• Boyega, healthy and ready for action, is looking much better here than in his comatose state at the conclusion of The Force Awakens.
  — Annie Leibovitz, VanityFair.com, 23 May 2017
• Boyega, healthy and ready for action, is looking much better here than in his comatose state at the conclusion of The Force Awakens.
  — Annie Leibovitz, HWD, 23 May 2017
• But the passing game remained comatose in the first half, doomed by drops and Cutler’s lack of precision on several throws.
  — Barry Jackson, miamiherald, 15 Oct. 2017
• Clearly, a comatose mayor wheeled into the chambers would not have performed his job.
  — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Oct. 2017
• Butler’s grief left her comatose, staring blankly at the walls in her Federal Way apartment.
  — Jayson Jenks, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2017
• The storyline focuses on the Lamberts, a couple whose son slips into a comatose state after becoming possessed by an evil spirit.
  — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024
• What’s even more surprising is that Arthur is the only one who can see, touch, and communicate with Lauren, whose spirit has detached itself from her comatose body in a nearby hospital.
  — Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024