lie dormant

The new seeds will then lie dormant in the soil, waiting for the next fire.

Their knowledge, great as it is, has lain dormant for thousands of years.

Ninety percent of your resources lies dormant at all times.

As a result, the apartment, stripped and uninhabitable* had been lying dormant for more than a month.

After a winter of lying dormant, the earth is alive again.

There it lies dormant, kept in check by the body's immune system.

What lies dormant is the princess' knowledge of her identity.

They may also lie dormant for long periods of time.

The power had lain dormant under the earth for thousands of years.

"But the community would be foolish to allow it to continue to lie dormant."