Examples of dormancy in a Sentence
some volcanoes have eruptive cycles marked by long stretches of dormancy
a fighting force that could be roused instantly from dormancy to action
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After more than a decade of dormancy, the teams clash Saturday at Columbia for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff in their first meeting since 2011.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
Plants grow from a tuber rather than a true bulb but follow the same cycle of blooming and dormancy as spring flowering bulbs.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
If a tiny wasp can hit pause on its biological clock by going into dormancy, maybe there are ways to do something similar in more complex animals.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
After a prolonged dormancy, the lawn simply runs out of resources to sustain life.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2025
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
Plants grow from a tuber rather than a true bulb but follow the same cycle of blooming and dormancy as spring flowering bulbs.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
If a tiny wasp can hit pause on its biological clock by going into dormancy, maybe there are ways to do something similar in more complex animals.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
After a prolonged dormancy, the lawn simply runs out of resources to sustain life.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Dormancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dormancy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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dormancy
noun
dor·man·cy
ˈdȯr-mən-sē 
: the quality or state of being dormant
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