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
As for his knowledge of English, it must be latent, for he always falls back upon his own vernacular for purposes of conversation.
From Behind the Bungalow by Aitken, Edward Hamilton
These qualities may be latent in Lincoln, but do not yet come to daylight.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
If, then, a part of the mass be latent, nutation will give too small a value.
From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas
