Synonym: decline, go down, sink, slump. Similar words: elapse, collapse, synapse, collapsible, perhaps, lap, upset, slap. Meaning: [læps] n. 1. a mistake resulting from inattention 2. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something 3. a failure to maintain a higher state. v. 1. pass into a specified state or condition 2. end, at least for a long time 3. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards 4. go back to bad behavior 5. let slip 6. pass by.
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61, The company admitted a lapse in its standards and apologized to customers in a newspaper ad.
62, But the letters lapse into exasperation and impatience as it became clear that the plans were wildly over-optimistic.
63, Also at thirty-one, he reports a brief, untypical lapse to Louise: the desire to chuck in literature.
64, This continued on until 1958 after a war-time lapse with honours even after 22 contents.
65, He looked suddenly stricken, although I did nothing to betray his lapse.
66, One slip or lapse and a terrible accident would never be far away.
67, Of course for the obligation of confidence to lapse the information published must be the same as the confidential information.
68, She turned and looked about her, suddenly angered by the mess she had made - by her momentary lapse of control.
69, At four or five-all in games, other players lapse their concentration.
70, This evidence, again, is consistent with the lapse theory of sleep loss.
71, There was a lapse of five seconds before another round of shots was fired.
72, Examples have been widely attested of learners who exhibit correct performance on certain forms, and then lapse into deviance later on.
73, He and Dean had just been laid off during a seniority lapse because of a drastic reduction of crews.
74, He can lapse into playground language at moments of stress, or even, at one point, some pompous Hancockian self-pity.
75, The one thing you can not afford to do is give up and lapse into helpless, complaining Stage 5 mode.
76, Flubbed high notes or an obvious memory lapse during an important opening-night performance can erode a reputation.
77, The tiny athlete believes her rare lapse in Tokyo was just a temporary blip in a career of major championship success.
78, But ultimately, words fail them and they lapse into silence.
79, The Court of Appeal held that even if there had been a right of rescission it was barred by lapse of time.
80, The case came to light at Liverpool magistrates' court when Shaw Bakery was prosecuted for a lapse in food hygiene standards.
80, Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and build good sentences.
81, It set up a moaning background noise that would occasionally gust into prominence, then lapse again to mere accompaniment.
82, In terms of this initial time lapse, two distinct groups can be identified.
83, A mysterious apple laced with morphine causes Snow White to lapse into a coma.
84, Soon after that she would lapse into sleep, then unconsciousness, then a state of deep coma.
85, If some material is lost already, that is all the more reason to stop a lapse becoming a loophole.
86, For doubt, full grown, is not a lapse of memory but a wilful refusal to remember.
87, I let the conversation lapse and Kelly finally spoke up.
88, His claim that he had been constructively dismissed failed because of the lapse of time after 6 February 1981 before he took action.
89, Time Lapse, Rachel is breating into a paper bag.
90, His mood of contentment was beginning to lapse.
More similar words: elapse, collapse, synapse, collapsible, perhaps, lap, upset, slap, corpse, knapsack, lapel, eclipse, glimpse, laptop, slap-up, flapper, cheapskate, pseudonym, overlap, encapsulate, palimpsest, apocalypse, encapsulated, solar eclipse, pull apart, pseudoscience, malapropism, aesculapius, unflappable, dilapidated.