dormant
Example Sentences
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Inflammation in the lungs has been shown to wake up dormant cancerous cells, which then develop into deadly tumours.
From BBC
But there is a monologue nestled within the eighth episode that burrows straight to the core of why this little comedy has sparked something dormant in our hearts.
From Salon
He discovered that without our moon to quicken it, a dragon's egg remains dormant forever.
From Literature
She said she believes the cancerous tumour had been lying dormant under a fibroadenoma and it slowly started to spread to the point that it was too late to treat.
From BBC
It was improvisational and had the effect on residents of releasing “gifts and capacities that had until then remained dormant.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
