comatose

Modifying Another Word

• still: Also nice to chat to in the morning while your neighbors are still comatose.
• almost: Harry Toe to toe, Dancing very slow, Barely breathing, Almost comatose.
• virtually: Joanna's mother and Mrs Passenger are portrayed as virtually comatose.
• apparently: Approach every badger with extreme care - even a which is apparently comatose may move suddenly!
• nearly: Some while ago, I sat all morning in a courtroom, nearly comatose with boredom.
• now: Thomas is now comatose and hooked up to a respirator and was recently flown back to the UK.

Preposition: on

sofa: Resurrection ( USA 2004 ) When a son finds his alchoholic mother comatose on the sofa, he flees the scene.

Modifies a noun

• state: The war did was to flatten any Tories ' hopes of a resurrection from their comatose state.
• patient: It is very important we learn to pick up signs of pain or distress in a comatose patient.
• body: But there is no suggestion that anything analogous is inserted into the as yet comatose body of Robert Van Berg.

Used with adjective complement

• lie: Meanwhile, back in Barcelona, Do Lai lies comatose on a guarded hospital room.
• become: The efficacy is considerably reduced once the animal has become comatose.
• remain: She remained comatose for about three weeks and we never knew what to expect each day.
• go: Perhaps a dozen times I've had a Linux system freeze or go comatose enough that I hard reset it.

Preposition: in

bed: Is his bizarre experience merely a figment of his subconscious as he lies comatose in a hospital bed?