"dormant buds"
"a hibernating bear"
"torpid frogs"
"a dormant volcano"
"her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
Many volcanoes..are merely dormant.
出自: T. H. Huxley
The main clearing banks will not disclose how much is lying in dormant accounts.
出自:Times
That fear that lies dormant even in the strongest heart.
出自: A. Brookner