Vegetating

It never dawned on Wolf that what he called vegetating might actually be a powerful way to refill his energy reservoir. ❋ Jim Loehr (2003)

I feel like I'm riding a subway car — staring at a random point in space, vegetating, imagining I'm somewhere else. ❋ Mike Lynch (2011)

You should be at home placidly vegetating as a banker's clerk or -- or -- ❋ Unknown (2010)

For example, if someone says that you are just vegetating at home, say "Speaking of vegetables, do you know where I can find a good bargain on broccoli?" ❋ Unknown (2009)

So many fine challenges come to mind, but the South African freedom-fighter puzzle and his "chaste Lord Archer vegetating" anagram of "The Old Vicarage, Grantchester" stand out, along with the alphabetical jigsaws and his bank holiday specials. ❋ Unknown (2011)

So, I spent much of the weekend vegetating, buying and playing Sims 3 (which I suspect will be fun to poke and prod at every so often, but if I play it too intently it starts feeling like work), and letting myself wallow in post-novel letdown for a couple of days. ❋ Kirizal (2009)

It could be time you were vegetating on the couch watching TV. ❋ MD Travis L. Stork (2010)

Instead of vegetating in the tower at Lusignan I was here, sharing their joys, doubts, and despairs; here with their breathing, their murmurings, snores and snuffles and broken words, the grinding of teeth and the smell of humanity in an overheated room. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She's against discouraging kids from over-indulging in unhealthy foods and vegetating in front of the screen? ❋ Rob Shepardson (2010)