Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
coma .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She chugged pots of coffee as if she had known no other thirst; she ingested caffeine pills until she felt like her heart would explode; and still, a comalike sleep would be upon her before dawn.
Automatic Typewriter Brianne Baxtali 2011
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It could hardly have been the Mountain Dew, but Googie collapsed into a comalike sleep for a couple of hours after it.
Venom Joan Brady 2010
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So far, he has been in a coma or a comalike state.
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You're exactly right; he remains in a comalike state in a hospital right now.
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As I sat beside her, silently meditating, she seemed to slip into a comalike state.
Cell-Level Healing Joyce Whiteley Hawkes 2006
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In the morning, a nurse told us that they had to sedate Tupac and induce a comalike state because he kept struggling to get out of the bed.
Thru My Eyes Gobi 2005
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Before Meredith can leave, Cabbage Patch Dad wakes up, calling out in a gravely comalike voice.
grey’s anatomy recap : gratitude as an excuse for turkey (season 2, episode 9) | Seattle Metblogs 2005
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In the morning, a nurse told us that they had to sedate Tupac and induce a comalike state because he kept struggling to get out of the bed.
Thru My Eyes Gobi 2005
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Thane lapsed once more into a deep, almost comalike sleep.
A Man Alone Mckenna, Lindsay 2001
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After several hours of this comalike trance his body took on a faint phosphorescence.
Invasion Cook, Robin, 1940- 2000
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