comatose

Example Sentences

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He had been suffering from end-stage liver disease and was comatose and on a ventilator, with no hope of regaining consciousness—but his brain still showed activity.

From Science Magazine

Each of the patients was comatose with essentially no chance of recovery.

From Salon

The study included four patients total, all of whom were comatose after cardiac arrest.

From Scientific American

Park Police officers would not allow the Ghaisars to touch their son and limited them to a few minutes with him every hour, though he was comatose, the Ghaisars said.

From Washington Post

Another was comatose, a soldier in an army that didn’t care.

From Washington Post