as in slow
lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation
the city's downtown has been comatose for years
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Recent Examples of comatose
His longtime legal adviser has said that Mr. Latchford was comatose at the time and unable to rebut the charges.
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Mike Ives, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The ‘real’ Camille, meanwhile, has become an insensible, comatose carcass, although no one seems to notice.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
As Matt, a passive husband and father who discovers his comatose wife had been having an affair, Clooney exudes a naked vulnerability that in some ways is meant to be pathetic.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
His doctor gave him a cortisone shot during the comatose period and his doctor sent him home.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Dec. 2024
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Mike Ives, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The ‘real’ Camille, meanwhile, has become an insensible, comatose carcass, although no one seems to notice.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
As Matt, a passive husband and father who discovers his comatose wife had been having an affair, Clooney exudes a naked vulnerability that in some ways is meant to be pathetic.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
His doctor gave him a cortisone shot during the comatose period and his doctor sent him home.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for comatose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comatose
Adjective
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The shark’s slow movement may have allowed the octopus to stay latched on, but if the mako had picked up speed, the octopus likely would have been forced off.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Relief agencies expect those numbers to rise sharply, since access is slow to remote areas where communications are down.—
David Rising,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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It is situated next to a sleepy mobile home park, some single-family home neighborhoods and the park.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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This delicious sleep aid comes in five different flavors: mint chocolate, hot cocoa, cinnamon chai, sleepy berry and rose.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Terrell Collins Sr., 58, and Matthew Terrell Collins Jr., 29, were pronounced dead at the scene around 6:06 p.m.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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On the second day of the year, police responded to a call where a father and his son and daughter were found dead.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Comatose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comatose. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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