Meaning & use
slumbering
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Sleeping, especially peacefully or deeply, or existing in a dormant, inactive state.
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The baby lay slumbering peacefully in her crib.
The old volcano had been slumbering for centuries before it suddenly erupted.
A note on using this word
"Slumbering" is often used figuratively, as in a "slumbering economy" or "slumbering giant," to describe something inactive but capable of reawakening.
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