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The echoes have been slumbering at Notre Dame for more than two decades.

From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2019

If Jean Boulot speaks truth, it is the strong who have been slumbering, while the weak danced and sang.

From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

It must, before that, have been slumbering on every lip, and had now at last awakened.

From Waldfried A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

Nor does she, until she had reached the haven of married life, appear to have shown any trace of the wickedness that must have been slumbering in her.

From Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Hall, Thornton

The junks spread their great white or yellow wings, and the funnels of the little steamers which have been slumbering all night by the wharves begin to smoke.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio