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Definition
a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods(may give way to short periods of extreme excitement; often associated with schizophrenia)
- He is non-responsive — perhaps catatonic.
- Can a machine be so frightened and hurt that it will go into catatonia and refuse to respond?Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- For days the girl was almost catatonic.Nicholas Evans -- The Horse Whisperer
- He sat catatonic, his eyes drifting over the lawn.Michael Ondaatje -- Running in the Family
- With Rachelle and Johan in their present catatonic state, it would be impossible.Ted Dekker -- Black: The Birth of Evil
- She is four years old, catatonic, and incontinent.Dean Koontz -- Sole Survivor
- The man lay on his side, half catatonic, whispering and drooling.Ransom Riggs -- Hollow City
- I sat, catatonic, in shock, knowing my destination but not knowing my fate.Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter
- Max turned and glared at the sleeping Agent, who appeared almost catatonic beneath a heavy wool blanket.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- When it tried to compartmentalize them it went schizoid; when it tried to integrate them it went catatonic.Roger Zelazny -- My Name is Legion
- The drowning she had just witnessed had left her catatonic, virtually paralyzed with shock and despair.Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
- Or have you gone into a catatonic state?Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
- A catatonic Jew was as good as a dead one.Thomas Pynchon -- The Crying of Lot 49
- Now I knew a word for this condition: catatonic.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees
- It was a case of catatonic schizophrenia, he said.Robert Penn Warren -- All the King's Men
- The ants I encountered were no longer catatonic.Rick Riordan -- The Trials of Apollo
- She'd collapsed at her desk, was found on the floor, catatonic, and was rushed here, where the care surpassed what she could have received anywhere else.Dave Eggers -- The Circle
- Dr. Gerandy was throwing around words like 'catatonic,' but I didn't let him up to see her.Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
- It wouldn't do the kid any good to see you catatonic.Stephenie Meyer -- The Host
- The boy became almost catatonic.Rick Bragg -- All Over but the Shoutin'