Examples of sleeping giant in a Sentence
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However the offense – loaded with first-rounders like receiver Drake London, tight end Kyle Pitts and tailback Bijan Robinson, who play with a very formidable line – appears to be the sleeping giant.
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Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
High winds tore at Gothic Mountain as the sleeping giant watched over the cabins nestled in Gothic, Colorado, a remote outpost accessible only by skis during the valley’s harsh alpine winters.
—WIRED, 29 July 2023
With a young team this season, they could be poised for a third title in a row as Kirby Smart has transformed Georgia from sleeping giant to super power with a methodical approach that has maximized all the advantages of the program.
—USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
Not to take anything away from Alabama and Auburn, but if Georgia was the SEC’s sleeping giant then LSU is starting to look a lot like the league’s emerging swamp monster.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 17 July 2023
Texas is widely considered a college football sleeping giant.
—USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
Analysts likened Ikea’s expansion to the awakening of a sleeping giant.
—Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
That makes the board something of a sleeping giant in regional politics.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
The Golden Eagles have been, perhaps, the sleeping giant of the City Section, dormant after a season of feeling overlooked, furiously awakened by a gleeful postgame celebration as members of the school’s football team formed an impromptu dance circle in the stands.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
High winds tore at Gothic Mountain as the sleeping giant watched over the cabins nestled in Gothic, Colorado, a remote outpost accessible only by skis during the valley’s harsh alpine winters.
—WIRED, 29 July 2023
With a young team this season, they could be poised for a third title in a row as Kirby Smart has transformed Georgia from sleeping giant to super power with a methodical approach that has maximized all the advantages of the program.
—USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
Not to take anything away from Alabama and Auburn, but if Georgia was the SEC’s sleeping giant then LSU is starting to look a lot like the league’s emerging swamp monster.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 17 July 2023
Texas is widely considered a college football sleeping giant.
—USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
Analysts likened Ikea’s expansion to the awakening of a sleeping giant.
—Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
That makes the board something of a sleeping giant in regional politics.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
The Golden Eagles have been, perhaps, the sleeping giant of the City Section, dormant after a season of feeling overlooked, furiously awakened by a gleeful postgame celebration as members of the school’s football team formed an impromptu dance circle in the stands.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
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“Sleeping giant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleeping%20giant. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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