lie dormant

In some patients, symptoms can lie dormant anywhere from seven days to eight weeks.

Yet, instead of submitting to lie dormant, it is his nervous system which keeps him awake.

Whatever possibilities of achievement still lie dormant in him are completely destroyed by his unhappy love affair.

They may lie dormant for a long time and then begin to grow at definite periods of development.

These forces lie dormant, and simply need stimulation and development.

Syphilis may lie dormant for years, and then suddenly become active again.