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
• Early spring, before a tree or shrub breaks dormancy, is the best time to prune it.
  — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2017
• At this stage in the game, wheat plants are out of dormancy and beginning to elongate.
  — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 3 May 2017
• Bulbs have short stems, and fleshy leaves and go through a period of dormancy.
  — Lauren David, Southern Living, 18 July 2024
• Then cut the plants back in the springtime to bring them back after their winter dormancy.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2024
• Scientists have long puzzled over what prompts the plants to switch from a state of dormancy and send up shoots.
  — Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 19 Jan. 2017
• 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
• If Sony’s new date holds steady, that period of dormancy will have spanned just 25 months.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 May 2024
• 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
• Note that when dormancy ends, grass leaves that have turned brown won’t revive, but new leaves will appear.
  — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2024
• 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
• While your lawn may look dead during drought, your grass's root systems are generally healthy and robust in dormancy.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024