Example Sentences

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So they have slumbered upon decks, at sea.

From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

According to it the Witches and their prophecies are to be taken merely as symbolical representations of thoughts and desires which have slumbered in Macbeth's breast and now rise into consciousness and confront him.

From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)

Before some such ideal tribunal as this let us summon the aspirants to the dictatorial honors which seem to have slumbered since the day of Dr. Johnson, and arbitrate their claims.

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

The best minds of to-day surely understand the vital issues of this hour better than those possibly could who have slumbered in their graves for centuries.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

I don't mind telling you, however, that you have touched a chord in my heart and awakened memories which have slumbered long.

From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing