lapse|lapsed|lapses|lapsing in English
verb
fail to reach an accepted standard; gradually slip into or out of a state or condition; elapse, expire, come to an end; become void; fall out of general use
Use "lapse|lapsed|lapses|lapsing" in a sentence
1. Backsliding - a failure to maintain a higher state lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting, lapse, reversion failure - an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test" recidivism - habitual relapse into crime
2. I keep suffering these mental lapses.
3. 22 She calls herself a lapsed Catholic.
4. His poetry often lapses into sentimentality.
5. S3470 Superadiabatic lapse rate Temperature lapse rate with a magnitude greater than the dry adiabatic lapse rate.
6. It was a superb performance, despite occasional lapses of intonation.
7. There are very occasional technical lapses but nothing distressing.
8. The film lapses into mawkish sentimentality near the end.
9. Some have even lapsed into postfeminist inaction.
10. The Many-Headed Hydra, without lapsing into Anachronism, bears out this claim
11. But these lapses are far outweighed by moments of transcendence.
12. 2 Just imagine —Jehovah’s covenant people have lapsed into apostasy!
13. Without my prompting, Jack often lapsed into silence.
14. His anger lapsed, and the numbness of bewilderment returned.
15. 27 After dinner, Kate lapsed into a glum silence .
16. 2 Having lapsed into complete incoherence, he fell silent.
17. 18 The other five deploy flashbacks and almost constant time lapses.
18. 5 She muttered something unintelligible and lapsed into silence.
19. He lapsed into a coma and died four days later.
20. A0560 Adiabatic lapse rate Theoretical temperature lapse rate of a parcel of air which moves adiabatically in the vertical.
21. 11 After a sudden burst of activity, the team lapsed back into indolence.
22. 3 She lapsed into inertia and lay there as if asleep.
23. 15 Adjani is unrivalled when it comes to expressing violent pain without lapsing into pathos.
24. She had allowed her membership to lapse.
25. Synonyms for Bating include ebbing, lessening, waning, aBating, moderating, slackening, lapsing, easing, checking and curbing