vegetative
Example Sentences
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In a landmark ruling, India's Supreme Court has allowed the removal of life support of a 31-year-old man who has been in a vegetative state for more than a decade.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
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
After life support was withdrawn, autopsies confirmed that she was indeed in a “persistent vegetative state.”
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2025
Freeborn said two years of relatively heavy rainfall had spurred thick vegetative growth that has now dried and become ample fuel for wildfire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
Yet it was obvious to everybody that the eighth grade president was not hospitalized, not suffering from amnesia, not in a vegetative state, and was very, very much alive.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
