sleeping giant
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone or something with great, latent strength.
Example Sentences
- "There is a sleeping giant in education that is just beginning to awaken."
- "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
- "The Council regards the Alliance as a sleeping giant. Less than 3% of humans volunteer to serve in their military, a lower proportion than any other species."
- "Angered by a controversial Arizona immigration law, tens of thousands of protesters[…] rallied in cities nationwide[…]. "I want to thank the governor of Arizona because she's awakened a sleeping giant," said labor organizer John Delgado, who attended a rally in New York where authorities estimated 6,500 gathered."
- "Bruce Merrill, a professor emeritus at Arizona State University who has worked as an Arizona pollster for four decades, is skeptical that the Latino “sleeping giant” will wake anytime soon."
- "Europe’s Sleeping Giant Awakens [title, referring to Germany]"