be latent
Example Sentences
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Ben thought the sightings might also be latent memories of the summer he’d spent with Mike in London.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2013
The Du Ponts rushed work on a plant at Clinchfield, W. Va., for research toward other revolutionary discoveries besides "synthol" thought to be latent in the new formulae.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet the capacity for heroism may be latent under many a sober coat or homely apron.
From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Strang, Mrs. Herbert
There may be latent in si donatam some proper name, as Dodonam or Macedoniam, but it is not possible to extract it now.
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.
It had to be latent opinion, however, for the names of most of the congregation stood in the big books in Fergus Teeman's shop.
From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
