Sentence examples for fell dormant from inspiring English sources

After the 1979 Islamic revolution installed Ayatollah Khomeini as Iran's leader, many scientists left the country and the program fell dormant.

When the modern founder, James II of England, was deposed in 1688, the modern version fell dormant, but it was revived once more by Queen Anne in 1703.

Mr. Strachan was considered a suspect at the time, the Miami police said, but he left the city the next day and the case, though never closed, fell dormant when leads evaporated.

Along the way, mourners lined the tracks and bid farewell — a somber tradition for U.S. presidents that began with President Abraham Lincoln's funeral but fell dormant in recent decades.

While the speculative market fell dormant in Orange County in the late 1990's -- and only 65,000 square feet were built last year -- officials say they are seeing new interest.

The moths were knocked out for much of the 90's by a fungus called Entomophaga maimaiga, but it was so successful it ate itself out of a food source and fell dormant.

For several years, American counterterrorism experts believed Iran's terrorist apparatus had fallen dormant.

If groups of neurons are working together constructively, the connections between them strengthen, while less useful connections fall dormant.

Mourners gathered along the tracks, evoking a tradition that dates to President Abraham Lincoln but has fallen dormant in recent decades.

Birther bills have foundered or fallen dormant in at least five states and are still being debated in more than a half-dozen others.

As a result, business is getting much tougher for weaker funds, many of which have already fallen dormant or closed down.Nor is it business as usual at the top of the heap.