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"lay dormant" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
Generally, it is used to describe something that is inactive or dormant. For example, "The volcano had been dormant for centuries, until it suddenly erupted."
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"Until now, we tended to lay dormant.
For years his pictures lay dormant.
The fairy shrimps also lay dormant eggs.
The report lay dormant for five months.
Usage in the opposite direction lay dormant.
HIS civic instincts lay dormant in suburbia.
For six years Elephant 6 lay dormant.
Several hours later my Google+ link lay dormant.
Such a fiasco it lay dormant for 26 years.
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The brainchild of two Philadelphia-area engineers, the JPEG patent lay dormant after being issued.
For the next few months, Stereolab lay dormant as the members grieved.
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