lie dormant

Verb

Meaning

be inactive, as if asleep

Source: WordNet

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Examples

His work lay dormant for many years Source: Internet

According to Harriet Ingle, a researcher in climate psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, hot weather can incite rage in us that otherwise might lie dormant. Source: Internet

Bacterial and viral infections can lie dormant in tissue and cells – or under now-melting permafrost – for decades before being reactivated by a sudden shock to the system, or through co-infection with another microbe. Source: Internet

Dave Bowman and HAL lie dormant in this Monolith. Source: Internet

Also complicating the matter is that a coronavirus can lie dormant in a cat's body over months before mutating into FIP. Source: Internet

Dreams can lie dormant and may even die unless you awaken them and imagine ways to make them come true. Source: Internet

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