All 5 Uses of
latent
in
Howards End
- In Paddington all Cornwall is latent and the remoter west; down the inclines of Liverpool Street lie fenlands and the illimitable Broads; Scotland is through the pylons of Euston; Wessex behind the poised chaos of Waterloo.†
Part 2latent = potentially existing but not presently evident or active
- The man was young, the woman deeply stirred; in both a vein of coarseness was latent.†
Part 3
- Margaret saw horror latent in the scene, and Helen's next remark did not surprise her.
Part 4 *latent = potentially existing (but not presently active)
- And behind the fragment lies Southampton, hostess to the nations, and Portsmouth, a latent fire, and all around it, with double and treble collision of tides, swirls the sea.†
Part 19latent = potentially existing but not presently evident or active
- She would only point out the salvation that was latent in his own soul, and in the soul of every man.†
Part 22