vegetate
Example Sentences
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Condorcet had unshakeable faith in enlightened experts to manage French citizens as well as the fates of those outside Europe who were, as he put it, “vegetating in the infant condition of early times.”
He used to come home from a hard practice and vegetate on the couch, shattered by exhaustion.
The scientists noted that on the northeastern side of Owens Lake, the Keeler Dunes transitioned during the last century from a “largely vegetated dune system” to one that releases more dust.
From Los Angeles Times
They have been found living along the vegetated banks of Osbaldwick Beck which runs through the park, following a seven-year project to improve the wildlife habitat in the area.
From BBC
The researchers used satellite data to look for green, vegetated areas within dryland areas, indicating an oasis, and tracked changes over 25 years.
From Science Daily
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