“I think so,” murmured the Provincial Mayor; and, knitting his brows, he lapsed into an introspective state, his lips moving as one who repeats mystic words.

Every time we talk about this, you lapse into silence.

Although Mary is a lapsed Catholic, and Tom no longer believes in God, they invited the missionaries in and gave them each a glass of water.

Tom lapsed into a coma and never regained consciousness.

Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.

Sami lapsed back into hardcore addiction.

Naised ja lapsed enne!

He lapsed morally.

New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s.

Tom lapsed into a coma and didn't regain consciousness.