Examples of 'lay dormant' in a sentence

Meaning of "lay dormant"

lay dormant: This phrase is used to describe something that is currently inactive or not in use, but has the potential to become active in the future. It often refers to something lying idle or not showing any signs of activity

How to use "lay dormant" in a sentence

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My work lay dormant at the bottom of my drawer.
Much of the intellectual property lay dormant.
It lay dormant until the time came.
The virus can lay dormant for years.
It unleashed things within me that have long lay dormant.
It may lay dormant for years.
That build site can not lay dormant.
It can lay dormant for decades.
I reawakened my senses that lay dormant for so long.
It can lay dormant for months.
He showed me the child that lay dormant within me.
It lay dormant until now.
The city lay dormant.
It can lay dormant for long periods in an infected person.
The seeds of inevitable anarchy lay dormant in such principles.

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They can lay dormant up to eight months without feeding.
Much like the power of the atom lay dormant throughout human history.
Bedbugs can lay dormant for several months without needing to feed on humans.
Their seeds were scattered last summer and lay dormant throughout the winter.
The case lay dormant for nearly two years.
Is well known that the herpes zoster virus can lay dormant in sensory.
Her manuscript lay dormant for almost a century.
Mogami had overlooked something that lay dormant within Mob.
Sometimes they lay dormant for months to years.
The Soviets promptly rejected the concept and it lay dormant for several years.
That desire lay dormant in me for many years.
So the Golden Army lay dormant.
Its seed merely lay dormant in the dreams of the young.
Thus the sketches accumulated and… lay dormant.
The initiative lay dormant for some time.
It lay dormant underground until it surfaced once again during our current geologic period.
It could lay dormant.
The flowers lay dormant until rainfall or sudden drop in temperature prompts them to open.
These natural resources would otherwise lay dormant and untapped unless people access them.
The mine lay dormant for a couple of years until AEX Gold took over.
They had thought them dead which only lay dormant because nothing awakened them.
It may lay dormant for years, but once it manifests itself.
Like some reflex that lay dormant until called upon.
Rather than encrypting the device, the ransomware lay dormant.
Catholicism then lay dormant in the area for almost a century.
Is it possible for gonorrhea to lay dormant in the body?
Aureus can lay dormant in the body for years undetected.
The Spirit is contracted are those that lay dormant within the contractor.
The series lay dormant for the first half of the decade.
The tech was so limited that the VR scene lay dormant for a good long time.
They can even lay dormant for years before resurfacing.
I can not believe that this thread lay dormant for so long!
The seeds can lay dormant for as long as three years.
If the donor had an infection that somehow slipped by screening, it could lay dormant.
The bridge idea lay dormant for about sixty years.

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Examples of using Lay
I am just gonna lay it down for you
Lay off the booze while you are at it
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