dormancy

Example Sentences

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Cooling temperatures cast the foliage with shades of wine before it fades to a pleasing straw color in dormancy.

From Seattle Times

Over the last few weeks, university campuses have become a hotbed of opposition after years of dormancy, as students take up the mantle of activism they haven’t held in years.

From Seattle Times

The pluripotency genes then returned to dormancy when the process was complete.

From New York Times

“The Princess” is an unabashedly feminist action-adventure in which the central character rises from her dormancy to slash the patriarchy.

From Los Angeles Times

"With sea freight, however, our flowers are continuously in dormancy."

From BBC