Use of dormant in Sentences. 28 Examples

The examples include dormant at the start of sentence, dormant at the end of sentence and dormant in the middle of sentence

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dormant at the end of sentence


  1. The same is true of subsidiaries, whether trading or dormant.
  2. Unable to dispose of the poisonous waste, the yeasts shut down and become dormant.
  3. It was at that point, according to court papers, that his alleged spy career went dormant.

dormant in the middle of sentence


  1. That region has been dormant for years!
  2. Many living things are dormant in winter.
  3. The seeds remain dormant until the spring.
  4. During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.
  5. Dan's arrival had aroused all her dormant sexuality.
  6. These investments have remained dormant for several years.
  7. The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated.
  8. As soon as they met again his dormant love for her was rekindled.
  9. The dormant period is another stage in the life cycle of the plant.
  10. They lie, as dormant as their volcano, stacked up ledge upon ledge.
  11. The result could herald the revival of the dormant kit car industry.
  12. Her talent might have lain dormant had it not been for her aunt's encouragement.
  13. The pupae remain dormant in the soil until they emerge as adult moths in the winter.
  14. Darwin's explanation of bright colour has lain dormant and untested for over a century.
  15. Their seeds had remained dormant underground for years or come from a few surviving specimens.
  16. New plants arise vegetatively from dormant buds on the short upright rhizome of the main root.
  17. What factors determine whether the virus remains dormant or begins reproduction are still unknown.
  18. Many have fickle requirements and others lie dormant until very precise conditions happen to come along.
  19. Insects possess a biological clock that programmes the insect's growth,reproduction and dormant periods.
  20. Scalp stimulants can help to revitalise dormant hair follicles by increasing the blood flow to the scalp.
  21. Not long afterwards, I shut down my account and transferred the business to another hitherto dormant account.
  22. The higher centers are dormant when we live our lives exclusively within the narrow confines of the personality.
  23. The bulldozer which had stood dormant for the past two days coughed into life and rumbled towards the prison gates.
  24. Watkins probably heard mention of these ideas, the seeds from which may have lain dormant in him for over fifty years.
  25. The site chosen for the painting is a view across the bays of the dormant volcano Rangitoto which dominates Auckland's skyline.

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