vegetative
Example Sentences
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In its vegetative state, the plot quickly becomes inert and frustrating, spinning its wheels in ways you never thought wheels could spin.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026
In August 2024, neurologists published a study into the potential for consciousness among vegetative or minimally conscious patients.
From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025
He believes a will helps prevent problems for both families and doctors when a patient is in a vegetative state and beyond recovery.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025
Unlike fungal spores, which serve a reproductive role, bacterial spores have a protective protein shield that enables bacteria to survive while in a vegetative state.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2024
Twenty-five-month-old Colin sat in a high chair, eating a breakfast of indeterminate vegetative origin while his father read the Chicago Tribune across their small kitchen table.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
