How to Use sleeping giant in a Sentence

sleeping giant

noun
  • But that pageantry appeared to wake up this sleeping giant with Davis at the helm.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Whatever the case, do not wake the sleeping giant.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Canyon View in Waddell might be the next sleeping giant on the west side.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
  • For too long, the outdoor industry had been a sleeping giant.
    — Kassondra Cloos, Outside Online, 1 Aug. 2018
  • The wonderful potential of our city, now a sleeping giant, has to be part of the pitch.
    — John Canzano, oregonlive, 24 May 2021
  • Was Vanderbilt a sleeping giant that needed to find the right coach?
    — Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Like a sleeping giant, the plant and its perilous reactors were kept free of all disturbances.
    — Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Even in the sleeping giant frustration rankings, the Quakes lag.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • But All3Media has been something of a sleeping giant in recent years.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 June 2024
  • The question is whether Prabowo will finally rouse this sleeping giant from its slumber.
    — Charlie Campbell / Jakarta, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The sleeping giant of interest rates may be the most obvious concern.
    — Chris Taylor, Fortune, 29 May 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
  • That makes the board something of a sleeping giant in regional politics.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
  • But for years now, Rihanna has been the music business’ sleeping giant.
    — Neil Shah, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The swarm is the most significant since the sleeping giant last erupted in 2014.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • All that momentum shift did for the Patriots, however, was wake up the sleeping giant.
    — The Arizona Republic, 26 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 Monster Hunter series has always been a sleeping giant in the games industry.
    — Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Indiana was always a sleeping giant in college football.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 20 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The exchange highlighted a sleeping giant of an issue — and one that lawmakers are often reluctant to talk about.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Besides Kīlauea, there is also the sleeping giant of Mauna Loa to consider.
    — Jill Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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