coma

Example Sentences

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Though we often think of anesthesia as putting us in a deep sleep, new research suggests it could actually be closer to being in a coma than previously thought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“Writers,” she said, “disturb the social oppression that functions like a coma on a population, a coma despots call ‘peace’.”

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Before foreign stocks emerged from their coma last year, calls to look abroad mostly fell on deaf ears.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

A number of intesive care patients have reported experiencing vivid dreams while in a coma and studies in Greece and Australia have explored this phenomenon.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Sometimes I wish someone would invent a pill so David’d wake up one morning without autism, like someone waking from a long coma, and he’d say, “Jeez, Catherine, where have I been?”

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord