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
Every man of us has all the centuries in him, though their operations be latent, dim, and very various; in his case the roots were as unmistakeable as the leafage, the blossom, and the fruits.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John
The power in him had ceased to be latent, and friend and foe were beginning to watch Lewis Rand and his doings with intentness.
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
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)
