vegetate

Example Sentences

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He used to come home from a hard practice and vegetate on the couch, shattered by exhaustion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

Made up of local efforts across 11 countries, it has reached just 16% of its overall goal to vegetate 150 million hectares.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 11, 2021

"To sit and vegetate is not my scene, I've got to keep myself active," he said.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2012

Birds arrive and leave droppings that help vegetate the future dunes.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2011

“He didn’t influence me. You know what I might do? I might stay right here in this hospital bed and vegetate. I could vegetate very comfortably right here and let other people make the decisions.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller