dormant
Example Sentences
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While it can cause painful blisters or ulcers that recur over time, it can lay dormant with most people having no symptoms - and Helen never had a cold sore herself.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Those same banks are teeming with relatively dormant deposits.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Since my diagnosis, I’ve undergone multiple rounds of radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy, going in and out of periods of remission, when my cancer was temporarily dormant, many times.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
The suits claim it acted negligently, including by failing to remove the old, dormant transmission line in Eaton Canyon.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Some dormant instinct tells me to smile, run my hand through my hair.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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