How To Use Lapse In A Sentence

He pulled himself up and stumbled to the bathroom, where he turned on the cold tap and collapsed at the bottom of the shower, barely awake.
If it were a little more curved it would collapse, imploding on itself in a cosmic crunch; a little less curved, and every star, planet, sun and galaxy would fly apart from each other and so would every atom of matter in each of them.
In the course of what I have to say, the distinction between morality as convenience and morality as ideal will virtually collapse, along with a good deal else.
Anybody who has tried to follow a rigorous diet will know how easy it is to lapse back into bad habits. Times, Sunday Times
The effect would be a level of military involvement that would serve to collapse the distinction between inspection and invasion/occupation.

This construction of a new world order comes from a naïive and untraveled President, emboldened in his ignorance by advisors who have been plotting an aggressive Pax Americana ever since the Soviet bloc's collapse.
Follow-ups at regular intervals also focus on relapse prevention.
We're negotiating and that was one of our negotiating points," he told the AP, "but collective bargaining is a negotiating process, and that was not something that Ted was authorized to say and he will be dealt with for that lapse in judgment. Ted Leonsis fined $100,000 for comments on NBA salary cap
Indeed, so many of us now possess a handset that mobile phone sales have collapsed.
With the collapse of the Soviet economy, prisons could no longer function as an industrial monolith.
Frederick, a bisexual misanthrope in a childless, political marriage, was a lapsed Calvinist who held all religions in contempt.
We require a quorum of 100 students to proceed - and the motion lapses if it isn't obtained.
Troops found the church with large holes blasted out of its cement walls and its tin roof collapsed.
His closest friends had no time for biblical Christianity, his church attendance lapsed, and his work became increasingly secular, including writing for the theatre.
Flying in very high altitudes does weird things to him and can easily lead to an MS relapse.
One of the chief reasons for removing old, oil and gas wells from south Louisiana's lakes and bayous is that those areas are vulnerable to storms and hurricanes, and any collapse in structures could threaten the public, Lopez said. Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain
Enemies struck by gunfire don't just fall over backwards; they jet blood like the lawn sprinkler in Hell, then collapse into a heap.
there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933
The company collapsed last week, costing about 200 jobs and triggering a backlash from staff and suppliers. Times, Sunday Times
His critics say he should resign because he has lost the moral ascendancy to govern and to save the plummeting economy from collapse.
How would this family prove it was the insurance company's incompetence that led to the lapsed life policy and thus claim the assured amount?
There is no compelling reason why a Bill should lapse at the end of a parliamentary session.
You know you let your title lapse and now you're trying to evade the law. Rimrock Jones
I used to read it aloud to my little brother, and we'd collapse into helpless laughter.
A time-lapse camera recorded the entire event, compressing it into a 100-minute film that became a work in its own right.
One section of the factory's main exterior wall had already collapsed, leaving a pile of smouldering rubble. Times, Sunday Times
Food shortages would probably galvanise public anger into action, as would a complete collapse of the economy.
a country in the throes of economic collapse
That unexpectedly collapses it into a black hole, a supermassive region with a gravitational pull so strong not even light can escape.
Now it looks like some of these banks may have been technically insolvent for quite some time before they actually collapsed. Times, Sunday Times
New products and production processes are transferred to the developing countries only after a substantial amount of time has lapsed.
I think that the North Korean system will collapse at some point.
And then, after all the bullshit, when he could prevaricate, elocute, circumlocute, and evade no more, he collapsed like a paper bag emptied of air. Stanton Peele: Public Figures Behaving Badly: Charlie Rangel, George Pataki, Sarah Palin
Her expression collapsed into one of forlorn reminiscence before she continued on in her stranger’s voice. Flowers in the Attic
Conclusion: Uniting IL - 2 with laser to treat condyloma acuminatum of female genital organ is more effective and can lower its relapse rate.
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The financial system collapsed under a cascade of bad debts. Times, Sunday Times
But many Nashville residents are unconvinced, leaving government and civic leaders worried that the once-done Oilers deal actually could collapse.
Enough time had now elapsed since our last newly afflicted patient to conclude that the epidemic was over. THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
Watching Nixon's henchmen come out of the woodwork to declare their moral indignation at the ethical lapses of Mark Felt was tantamount to watching Liza Minelli criticize someone else for being an an unstable boozehound.
In assessing chest pain we also consider lung problems, including collapsed lung, infections and pleurisy, which is an inflammation around the lung. Theithacajournal.com -
A period of time elapses before the full effects of your action is felt.
An AIM-listed mobile phone software company reeling from an alleged financial scandal has collapsed into administration. Times, Sunday Times
The usual time lapse between request and delivery is two days.
At one time or another I also participated in extemporaneous speaking, poetry and prose reading, and in a particular lapse of sanity, number sense.
Several months elapsed before his case was brought to trial.
Its demise meant the collapse of the system for monitoring the two largest nuclear stockpiles in the world. Times, Sunday Times
A man had collapsed in Victoria Place in the town and was unconscious.
They had brought a modest decline in the face of extreme boom conditions, but no collapse.
She will blame the couple's very different social backgrounds for the differences that eventually led to the collapse of their marriage.
We collapse in exhausted triumph with a glass of claret and a chunk of home-made cake. Times, Sunday Times
We meet the commixture of materials and things in our excavation whose object is, among other things, to reorder, to abolish the disorder of collapse and dilapidation, to find significance and signification in the apparent chaos.
The amount of money protected if your bank or building society collapses drops sharply. Times, Sunday Times
The longer the time elapsed, the less likely that the informant has retained freshness of recollection or can offer new information.
The roof of the tunnel was starting to collapse.
At a glance, the house seems relatively liveable, but on closer inspection, the structure is tilted to one side and the floor has completely collapsed.
And the third, a lapsed neopagan, revived her religious practice online and was the only one of the three who stayed there.
But that will thankfully never happen, because without trees and animals, food chains collapse, the air is unbreathable, they die, we die - or maybe no one's thought of that.
The financial system collapsed under a cascade of bad debts. Times, Sunday Times
His sporting empire collapsed and Chesterfield were docked nine league points for financial irregularities.
Do you hit the town after dark, collapse quietly with a book or go celebrity-spotting?
Only one paragraph before he tells us this, he claims that Orwell had lapsed from socialism into an apolitical brand of liberalism.
But witnesses said a section of the theatre then collapsed, crashing on to people below. The Sun
The lapse of year will never efface that scene of ruins from my memory.
Any more massive star that exhausts its nuclear fuel will collapse completely under its own gravity.
With 16 minutes left the Bruins lapsed into their passive mode, and the momentum turned.
It is a fetor that frequently accompanies the predictable libidinous lapses of pious \ "family values\" conservatives. Stephen Ducat: Hypocrisy in Red and Blue: How Republicans and Democrats Betray Their Principles Differently
Her family thought she had gone to college and died when the building collapsed in the quake. The Sun
Mr Morgan crumpled to the ground with a fractured rib, collapsed lung and bruising.
The whole thing was a ghostly celebration taking place against a background of collapse and ruin.
I collapsed in laughter and began tickling him in earnest.
After the lapse of a fortnight, Hepburn, candidate for congressman-at-large, declined to accept because "it is quite apparent that a very large portion of the Republicans, owing to the unfortunate circumstances which have come to light since the adjournment of the convention, are not disposed to accept its conclusion as an authoritative utterance of the party." [ A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
Looking at the time elapsed, it is at least 30 hours. Times, Sunday Times
Its victims turn out to be not its depositors but first-time homebuyers three years after the collapse. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps some feline bureaucrat has concluded that the best answer is to let the proposal stagger on and collapse, hoping to kill it with kindness?
The capitalist economic system seemed to be on the verge of total collapse. Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies
Progressively, larger objects substantially increase the timescale for collapse over still longer wavelengths.
The cleavable complex is not thought to collapse spontaneously and is fully reversible.
Remind me to renew the driver's license. It will lapse next month.
He knew that our experiment in self-government could fail if he had a serious lapse of judgment.
He was taken to hospital after his collapse on the pitch.
What is the attitude of her community towards her lapse in churchgoing? Clara Callan by Richard B Wright: Questions
The puffed rice said shy: An artillery collapsed start others, did not know others.
All the floorboards, bannisters and doors were missing, the electricity, gas and water pipes were all gone, the ceilings had collapsed and there were two gaping holes in the roof. Life in a Victorian terrace
But Darwin, happily insomnious with his vision of South America rising on swelling magma, thought this notion of collapsed lakes small thinking. Wired Top Stories
It specifically enhances episodic memory - the kind that lapses when you lose your car keys or can't remember where you parked the car. Times, Sunday Times
The question is, who is liable for the cost of repairs if, for example, an undetected slow leak in a geyser causes a ceiling collapse and water damage to interior paint work, carpets and furniture?
Of course, once they tried to get things out, the roof had collapsed in, covering everything in sooty ashes.
I saw a report on CNN where a woman was rescued from being trapped in collapsed roof and wall debris for two days and what struck me was her odd calm as she was carried prone from a certain, crushing death — as well as her matter-of-fact confidence in a God that Robertson says her people forsook ... Archive 2010-02-01
Soon, we had a new wall made from wet sand, and as the waves washed higher on the beach parts of that would collapse too.
[339] Actual grace is an illapse of divine influence and assistance, working in and by the soul any spiritual act or duty whatsoever, without any pre-existence unto that act or continuance after it, “God working in us, both to will and to do.” Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
His playing career was curtailed after he injured his neck when a scrum collapsed in 1980 but that did not end his involvement with rugby. Times, Sunday Times
He takes a step before his eyes suddenly roll back in his head and he collapses on the hard floor.
It was destined to collapse, but it went in such a glamorous way. Times, Sunday Times
The alliance of South and West - Georgia planters and Illinois sodbusters - that had dominated American politics since Jefferson's day splintered, then collapsed.
As a result, I started to find it easier to speak about spiritual issues with Catholics (lapsed Catholics, mostly).
A momentary lapse in the final set cost her the match.
When her remaining lung shrivels in its cage, and her guts collapse; when myoelectric demons flood her sinuses and middle ears with isotonic saline. Starfish
After all, every previous alliance, coalition, entente, empire, community, or monetary union of European states has collapsed sooner or later.
With more than 3,600 Filipinos riding out the typhoon in sturdy school buildings, town halls, churches and relatives 'homes, roads in and out of coastal Isabela province were deserted and blocked by collapsed trees and power lines. Super Typhoon Strikes The Philippines
It is now widely recognized that the events at the Permian-Triassic boundary gave rise to major terrestrial ecosystem collapse.
Caught under by the breeze, the awnings of the fore-deck bellied upwards and collapsed slowly, and above their heavy flapping the gray stuff of Captain Whalley's roomy coat fluttered incessantly around his arms and trunk.
Many buildings collapsed under the weight of rain-soaked ash and mud.
Two of the 11 patients relapsed on valproic acid.
The treatment is usually given to women with a high risk of relapse after surgery.
Then working outwards from the centre, the remaining collapse and infill material would be removed and all voids re-filled with properly compacted chalk.
Inside its marble staircase had completely collapsed. Times, Sunday Times
Not many days afterwards she began to lose consciousness and lapsed into meaningless, rambling speech. Times, Sunday Times
The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented.
Jake collapsed into a heap in the grass under the willow and started bawling, grabbing a few tufts of crinkly brown grass and tearing them out by the roots.
Time collapses, and she goes searching along the sand dunes at the wrong time of day. The Times Literary Supplement
With the death of the plants the terrestrial food chain would collapse, and complex life would be wiped from the land. Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet
Had such been the case a century might have elapsed before the reproach of convictism had been removed from this hemisphere. A Source Book of Australian History
The ability to collapse their lung air-sacs with increasing depth is probably the dolphin's major protection against the bends.
The British No1 suffers with liver problems, which held her back in the early years of her career, and has been troubled by injuries, requiring a back operation due to a prolapsed disc and sciatic pain in 2006. Elena Baltacha considers bowing out after 2012 Olympic Games
In early September, after a binge drinking session, he collapsed in the street and was rushed by ambulance to York Hospital where he was treated and discharged.
But then I needed their attentiveness, as I was collapsed and semi-conscious at the top of a frozen wasteland, the nearest settlement being miles down the mountain.
Your booking will automatically lapse unless you confirm it.
The roof support structure had collapsed and the entire weight was bearing down on the ceiling.
With this software, you can capture single digital images, record movies, and perform time-lapse cinemicrography experiments. Undefined
Yet there's something sad about the collapse of what inspired so many as an ideal: something melancholy in its decay. Times, Sunday Times
As for the" squibs "conspiracy theorists claim to see in videos of the WTC collapse, these are plumes of smoke and debris ejected from the building due to the immense pressure associated with millions of tons of falling towers (see Figure 1). Debating "Skeptic Magazine" on September 11th Issues
The person may become too drowsy or confused to take action, and could lapse into a coma. The Sun
He would have stable periods in a relationship and then relapse into physical abuse.
These signs may precede circulatory collapse and death.
But this looks like the disclosure lapse of all time. Times, Sunday Times
At some later date, a slight glacial retreat would weaken the dam wall and its subsequent collapse would prove catastrophic.
Bill collapsed during filming in Yorkshire Television studios in June.
Fifteen minutes elapse before he finishes reading both sides of the letter-sized paper.
The Hamiltonian constraint NH = 0 defines a diffeomorphism structure on spatial manifolds by the lapse function N, but this is not identical to time. Einstein Still Rules, Says Fermi Telescope Team | Universe Today
The dog can be given more time if preferred, but under no circumstances should anything else be attempted before those five minutes have elapsed. THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend
However, while there are differences in ogrish cultures, especially those before and after the collapse of the last ogre empire and the historical decline of their race, all ogres exhibit anger, vanity, avarice, lust, and gluttony. Dragons of a Vanished Moon
In addition, a thin layer of liquid lining the alveoli exerts surface tension, tending to collapse the lungs, although this surface tension is greatly decreased by the presence of surfactant.
The major contributing factor for heart failure decompensation was medication lapses.
It's too early to assess the long-term consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Add water and the lapse rate decreases and varies with altitude until the water vapor content decreases to a negligeable value because enthalpy is controlled by the water content which decreases with actual temperature not potential temperature. Unthreaded #12 « Climate Audit
When fighting out an epic duel with Courier in the Australian Open a few years ago Sampras appeared on the verge of collapse from cramp.
The usual few months elapsed before he received the standard rejection letter. Times, Sunday Times
We are still a bit mystified by the speed of India's spectacular collapse. Times, Sunday Times
The rules allow state lawmakers to clear up a mishap if they suffered from a momentary case of stumbly fingers or a lapse in attention. Report: Obama Involved In 1996 Liberal Questionnaire, Despite Campaign's Denials
There is a risk of a relapse. Times, Sunday Times
We collapsed in fits, the tutor had overheard and was almost wetting herself, and the 5 others were demanding to know what we'd said.
Yesterday morning shares seemed to recover from Monday's collapse.
Statistics from the afternoon game are just a snapshot of the Mets' 1991 season, when both the left-handed hurler and his team, the one he had cheered for as a boy, collapsed. Clout for the Cyclones
An office boy larking around in an unlit storage room almost lost his life when ‘grossly overloaded’ shelving collapsed on him.
CBT teaches coping skills for dealing with or avoiding situations involving high risk for relapse.
I was not prepared for the boarded up windows, the collapsed roofs, the empty sidewalks.
It constituted a critical lapse in judgment and a personal failure on my part. Times, Sunday Times
When the title lapsed the old Countess, who was the only member of the family left, simply sold up everything, lock, stock and barrel. Sweet Danger
In the nortriptyline-lithium group, only one patient relapsed after five weeks of medication.
When you rip out an apex predator, the entire ecosystem can collapse. Times, Sunday Times
The speed with which his confidence has collapsed betrays the pressure under which he puts himself. Times, Sunday Times
On the other hand since the system of the patronage of the arts had collapsed and foreign rulers were not interested in taking over the responsibility, the role of the princely states became crucial.
Ash could accumulate on rooftops, causing them to collapse on people seeking shelter in the vicinity of the volcano.
Mr Daniels says it is time for people to put pressure on Government and business if they want to avoid a collapse in society as we know it.
She's peeved, and you're left wondering if she's having a brain lapse or something.
Four different ways have been suggested in which one might seek a resolution of the problem of the collapse of the wavepacket.
I gave the poles a slight wobble and whole tent collapsed.
Onyx also has initiated a Phase III trial, known as ASPIRE, to study carfilzomib in combination with Revlimid and a low dose of dexamethasone, which is used to counteract some chemotherapy side effects, in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma. San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal
The disaster was caused by the total collapse of his house in the Rue d' Anjou, undermined by the excavations carried out by the bank next door for its strong room.
The government is fond of lecturing others about lapses in competence. Times, Sunday Times
The audience collapses in laughter, and the theater resounds with a barrage of applause.
In contrast to the naive and unquestioning faith of yesteryear, everyone now realizes at least the possibility of collapse of the FDIC.
In 90 per cent of cases the patient will relapse within six months.
Bush is apparently "well qualified" considering the state he left the US in after an unpaid for Iraq-war-4-oil and a collapsed economy!!!! kudos to GW Bush for ruining the USA!!! rumrunner Bush on Obama: 'This guy has no clue'
And although Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton yesterday blamed regulatory issues for the collapse of the deal, insiders have suggested that further improvements in the economic climate - and in Rio's financial position - since the scheme was proposed left Rio management feeling the terms unduly favoured BHP. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
‘It is tragic that a momentary lapse of concentration can have such consequences,’ said Mr Singleton, who recorded a verdict of accidental death.
The building collapsed as an indirect result of the heavy rain and storms.
She wants to be in at the kill when his business finally collapses.
It also carries with it the slightly queasy feeling that one naturally feels when trying to save the economy from imminent collapse. Times, Sunday Times
The institution of positive-pressure ventilation in an already hyperinflated thorax can markedly worsen hemodynamics and cause abrupt falls in blood pressure including cardiac collapse.
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A neighboring church has also apparently collapsed, and repairable damage to surrounding buildings is extensive, including damage to One Liberty Plaza across Church Street to the east.
In the event, the agreement lapsed and no vehicles were constructed.
That year, copper slumped by more than 60% between July and December, as investors bet that the near-collapse of the financial system would unhinge world copper demand. Copper Falls to 2011 Lows
A house is close to collapse after a gas leak caused an explosion just after 8am this morning.
Dr Benbow said Mr Rigby was ‘close to death’ and may have suffered a terminal collapse and fallen after going on to the balcony for some fresh air.
After the earthquake many roads were obstructed by collapsed buildings.
The unexpected rainstorm caused the collapse of the roof.
If you really were persuaded of determinism, the hope would collapse.
The measure of the sterilizing activity of a regimen is reflected by the relapse rate after successful treatment.
One day the GMO, bending down, was going to collapse and die on top of one of the bodies. MURDER SONG
Barely 15 minutes had elapsed. The Sun
When the housing bubble collapsed, Americans suffered hugely from the devaluation of their main assets, their homes, while the bankers filled their pockets and passed on the mortgages in the form of national debts to foreign banks. Dr. Behzad Mohit: The U.S. Tea Party and General Strikes in Europe -- The Outrage of the Middle Class
Apparently, palaeontologists have wondered for years as to why the brachiosaurus didn't collapse under its own weight.
Wearing breathing apparatus they were a few feet into the building when overhead piping collapsed, trapping them.
The wait will not be very long, but your white-haired hair collapse hurt.
Examples have been widely attested of learners who exhibit correct performance on certain forms, and then lapse into deviance later on.
The peace talks were on the verge of collapse.
But as I was coming in to land, I went through some turbulence and, as I tried to brake, one side of the canopy collapsed and I went cartwheeling out of control.
My malady, which the doctors call a bilious fever, lingers, or rather it returns with each sudden change of weather, though I am thankful to say that the relapses have hitherto been much milder than the first attack; but they keep me weak and reduced, especially as I am obliged to observe a very low spare diet. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle
Then he lapsed into video speak and said, `Alcohol appears to stimulate, but is in fact a depressant. SUMMER OF SECRETS
More than 10 years have now elapsed since the original scheme was first projected. Times, Sunday Times
Relapse-related mortality was increased among patients with Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
He represented three different Dublin constituencies before losing his seat last June in the nationwide collapse of the Fine Gael vote.
Unfortunately, the headhunter forgot to inform the candidate, so the meeting between the candidate and the client collapsed in misunderstanding.
Just six minutes of the second period had elapsed before Wednesday added a third. Times, Sunday Times
On the outskirts, what we call the inland empire, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, out in the desert, where people had to move because those were the only homes that they could afford, there's been a huge drop, a huge collapse in housing there. CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2009
I was feeling miserable and crotchety and on the point of collapse.
His fondness for chromaticism was such that Schoenberg suspected he would soon join the ranks of the atonalists, but for Reger chromaticism was a means of expanding the resources of tonality, not a harbinger of its imminent collapse.

How To Use Lapse In A Sentence

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