How to Use sleeping giant in a Sentence

sleeping giant

noun

• Canyon View in Waddell might be the next sleeping giant on the west side.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
• But that pageantry appeared to wake up this sleeping giant with Davis at the helm.
  — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2022
• Last Week: 11 Philly continues to lurk as a sleeping giant in the East.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• The wonderful potential of our city, now a sleeping giant, has to be part of the pitch.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 24 May 2021
• As one Panthers staffer said earlier in the year, the program wasn’t a sleeping giant when Lundy took over last March.
  — Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2023
• Imagine all that purple, here and a short drive up the coast, who’ve waited for the NBA’s sleeping giant to snort back to consciousness.
  — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 July 2018
• For now, the CHA's sleeping giant is a population that has yet to find its voice, to be spoken up for, or spoken to.
  — Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 20 Oct. 2017
• For too long, the outdoor industry had been a sleeping giant.
  — Kassondra Cloos, Outside Online, 1 Aug. 2018
• And the subject on which it has been invoked – the census – is a sleeping giant of a potential scandal.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 12 June 2019
• It's been considered to be a sleeping giant by many who never worked there, and didn't know anyone who did.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2022
• But like a sleeping giant, the shale sector is waiting for conditions to be just right for its return.
  — Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
• The Monster Hunter series has always been a sleeping giant in the games industry.
  — Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2021
• Like a sleeping giant, the plant and its perilous reactors were kept free of all disturbances.
  — Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022
• This is the sleeping giant of job search correspondence.
  — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2019
• The Trojans have been a sleeping giant on the college football landscape for over a decade — and Riley is expected to wake them up.
  — Greg Beacham, ajc, 28 Nov. 2021
• There was a sense at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday that a sleeping giant was awakened.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2021
• The Trojans have been a sleeping giant on the college football landscape for more than a decade — and Riley is expected to wake them up.
  — Greg Beacham, chicagotribune.com, 29 Nov. 2021
• The sleeping giant of interest rates may be the most obvious concern.
  — Chris Taylor, Fortune, 29 May 2018
• But for years now, Rihanna has been the music business’ sleeping giant.
  — Neil Shah, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2023
• The term 'sleeping giant' is thrown around far too often these days, but since relegation from the Premier League in 2012 Wolves have been the very definition of the cliche.
  — SI.com, 12 May 2018
• Stoudamire’s arrival was a coup for the Blazers, delivering the sleeping giant a dynamic point guard in his prime.
  — oregonlive, 13 Feb. 2020
• Prescott, sensing a chance to poke a sleeping giant, or possibly the bear, starting chirping at Diggs and proposed a bet.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2021
• That makes the board something of a sleeping giant in regional politics.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
• Besides Kīlauea, there is also the sleeping giant of Mauna Loa to consider.
  — Jill Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2021
• All that momentum shift did for the Patriots, however, was wake up the sleeping giant.
  — The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2021
• Nottingham Forest are one of the sleeping giants of English football having spent the last 20 seasons outside the top flight.
  — SI.com, 28 July 2019
• And with that, this sleeping giant of college football here in College Station, Texas, dozed back off for another year.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 22 Sep. 2019
• Then in early March a short squeeze of epic proportions, prodded by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, awoke the sleeping giant.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
• Whiskey was still a sleeping giant and downtown Houston wasn't a nightlife destination.
  — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2018
• Over the past few years, however, director Laura Hoptman and her tiny staff have zapped this sleeping giant back to vibrant life and this year mounted two of the best shows anywhere.
  — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024