Example sentences for: dormant

How can you use “dormant” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Deep inside the Post there's word that despite earlier denials, Switzerland's largest bank yesterday admitted that documents discovered in its shredder room by a night watchman who then disseminated them may in fact have been related to dormant accounts of Holocaust victims.

  • Parker's ideas might reactivate evolutionary biologists' interest in sexes, which has lain somewhat dormant since the 1990s.

  • Logic lay dormant for many centuries after being worked over so brilliantly by The Skull Ass-ticks, but it was finally rescued from angelic oblivion by Herr Professor Gottlob der Friggin', who proved that the morning star is not the same as the evening star, even though both are Venus.

  • However, to date these claims have not been invalidated [ 29 ] . Thus, even studies of earthly systems indicate that under environmental conditions possibly less life preserving than those encountered on Mars, dormant life forms may have survived on Earth for very long periods, even of geological time scales.

  • Another bit of news convergence: both the NYT and WP have front page stories reporting that Switzerland's major banks are publishing a list today of about 2,000 of their dormant WWII-era accounts that may include the assets of Holocaust victims.


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