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
On multinodal branchlets the inner nodes bear lateral buds which may be latent.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Some fear may have come into it; a fear that always seemed to be latent where Sally was concerned.
From Concerning Sally by Hopkins, William John
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)
