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
• Sania Mirza, who leaves tennis as a sleeping giant, has been a trailblazer nonetheless.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
• With a young team this season, they could be poised for a third title in a row as Kirby Smart has transformed Georgia from sleeping giant to super power with a methodical approach that has maximized all the advantages of the program.
  — USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024