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

A long-distance lorry driver, he said he had no option but to pay privately or "sit and do nothing, vegetate and slow up".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2023

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

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

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2011

So mostly I just vegetate in the basement and pick my navel, to quote Grim, Mr. Belly Button Lint himself.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick