How to Use comatose in a Sentence

comatose

adjective
  • Both were found comatose on a bench near the city center.
    — Travis Fedschun, Fox News, 2018-03-12
  • Palmer was comatose for eight days, coach Jevon Glenn said.
    — David Furones, Sun-Sentinel.com, 2017-07-03
  • But the best part of the show is the chill-to-the-point-of-comatose voice acting.
    — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Arata showed up a few times while Clarke was comatose, Lamb said.
    — jsonline.com, 2018-03-28
  • Lap dogs and comatose cats aren't alone in the fat animal kingdom.
    — David Epstein, The Atlantic, 2013-10-11
  • My father played his scales, and Tony remained comatose.
    — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Love that comatose Wednesday has her hands folded across her chest, corpse-style.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • It was determined David was comatose and he was placed on life support.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 2018-04-11
  • The prince finds her in her comatose state and kissing her, breaking the spell and awakening her.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2025-03-21
  • The news of his comatose state triggered a frantic effort to get Warmbier out.
    — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 2017-06-15
  • Like, worse than the time Lois accused the nurse of pleasuring her comatose husband.
    — Andy Swift, TVLine, 2024-10-02
  • Torenberg said her book follows a woman who livestreams her life to raise money for the healthcare costs of her comatose sister.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • As if on cue, the Dodgers scored five unearned runs in the top of the fifth inning, waking up the comatose Paradise crowd.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 2024-10-31
  • The Celtics out-hustled and out-rebounded the nearly comatose Cavs. 3.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 2018-05-14
  • Within weeks after her admission to the ER, KW was in a comatose state.
    — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 2017-12-15
  • Max is comatose in the hospital, her consciousness trapped in Vecna’s mindscape.
    — Lorraine Ali, Boston Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The case exposed the depressing banality of it all—the man smiling politely at you at the bakery, only to rape your comatose body at night.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Campanella’s aunt Maria Carrozza plays the comatose woman.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The gang is after Shaw (Statham) for Han’s death, while the villain seeks revenge on his comatose brother's (Evans) behalf.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Halloween 4 takes place a decade after the events of Halloween II, with Michael having been comatose for the past 10 years.
    — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Max Mayfield Currently comatose in the hospital.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Set months after the season four finale, the final season premiere shows just how much has changed since Max fell into a coma — except for Max, who is still comatose as the story begins.
    — Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Marques’ friend Alvin Prasad was left comatose after an attack six weeks ago outside a bar around the corner, Badlands, according to numerous media reports.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 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.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Sisters Ellie and Chris clash over how to care for their comatose mother, who Ellie visits every week, in-between assassination attempts from Chris.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Wednesday appears gravely injured by the fall and is seemingly in a comatose state to begin the trailer for Season 2, Part 2, when Weems shows up in her hospital room as a wicked nurse.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Ash-like material darkens the air, coming out of the giant cracks in the world Vecna ripped open by using the lives of four people, including the now-comatose Max, to open four gates from the Upside Down.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Meanwhile, his house is in an almost cartoonish state of disrepair and falling down around him, while his attempts to upgrade his furniture leads him to buy a shabby armchair on Craigslist that was previously occupied by a comatose, and incontinent, old lady.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
  • While a previously comatose Max wakes up in Hawkins, Holly’s attempt to escape Vecna’s Pain Tree in the Abyss is unsuccessful, and she’s returned to Henry’s childhood home in his mind.
    — Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The action takes place in the Morris Park section of New York City where a colorful family prepares for Sunday dinner – Grandmother Nancy (Moriarty), her son Gino (Matthew Risch), Gino’s daughter Francesca (Nicole Ehinger) who is pregnant and unmarried, and a woman who sits in a chair, comatose.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025

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