How to Use dormancy in a Sentence

dormancy

noun

• There were at least signs the lineup’s days of dormancy might be in the past.
  — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 30 May 2018
• That’s because the warmer your home is, the more quickly the tree will break dormancy (start to grow).
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2017
• Maple trees and their shallow roots break their dormancy, and the sap will be ready to rise up.
  — Susan Dietrich Hassler, Star Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
• Plants throughout the world use dormancy to get through bad times.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2020
• The production line of the 737 Max is back up and running after six months of dormancy.
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2020
• The Green Door got a new neighbor during its long dormancy.
  — Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2019
• That is largely because of the landscape plants being in full dormancy at the time.
  — Nancy Brachey, charlotteobserver, 12 Feb. 2018
• During dormancy, stop watering, and place the plant in a cool, dark place.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 6 Feb. 2020
• Plants that mistake a January thaw for spring may go so far as to break their dormancy and try to grow.
  — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 8 Dec. 2019
• Note that when dormancy ends, grass leaves that have turned brown won't revive, but new leaves will appear.
  — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2021
• Detail nerds will be pleased to know that the 901-specific leather shift boot survived the car’s long dormancy.
  — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 14 Dec. 2017
• The dormancy period, which may range from a few weeks to a few months, is part of the normal growing cycle.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 6 Feb. 2020
• That one was present in the first eight bottles and fared less well, with few of its seeds growing after only 20 years of dormancy.
  — Cara Giaimo New York, Star Tribune, 5 June 2021
• Predictably, plants are starting to come out of their dormancy.
  — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2018
• This will be your busiest time of year as your lawn heads out of dormancy into growing season.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2021
• Choosing what point in the winter to prune can affect the point at which a vine awakens from dormancy, for instance.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• Onion sets are little bulbs that have been forced into dormancy and then are sold in packages at the nursery.
  — Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 13 Dec. 2019
• Another is that zoysia goes into winter dormancy and turns straw brown for the better part of half the year.
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
• If the grant comes through, the city will ask the contractor to wait at least until October to prune, as the oak trees go into dormancy.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, 11 Aug. 2019
• The pluripotency genes then returned to dormancy when the process was complete.
  — Veronique Greenwood, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022
• Once your amaryllis has broken dormancy, rotate the pot every day or so to keep the stem growing nice and straight.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 15 Oct. 2021
• Any warm spell in spring seems to encourage bigleaf hydrangeas to break dormancy.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
• After its first flush of growth, tea trees go into dormancy.
  — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
• Based on my research this could be due to dormancy, disease (which could die off in spring) or lack of nitrogen.
  — oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2020
• Plants heed these signals and move toward emerging from dormancy, each species on its own timetable.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2021
• The lung injury not only put Mantha out of action but forced him into a state of dormancy.
  — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 10 Feb. 2020
• Learn how to maintain native plants in the summer, when many go into dormancy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2021
• The greatest risk to plants in winter is not bitter cold, but coming out of dormancy too early.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2021
• Some trees reacted to the stress of heat and drought by starting dormancy early, dropping their leaves over the summer.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2020
• After a period of near dormancy, the fire began to grow rapidly again about two weeks ago, pushed by strong winds.
  — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024