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Example sentences for: lapsed

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Spurling's scoop is her explanation of why, after moving several increments toward his mature style, the painter lapsed into a dark period that lasted from 1902-04.
And in AA, you can confess to anything, and all that fundamentally matters is whether you have lapsed from your obligation to sobriety, not what the consequences to others were.
And, according to the Star , she is so terrified of dying young that she has entered into a pact with perhaps the world's most famous lapsed Catholic, Madonna, to make sure her children will be cared for.
After 25 years as a lapsed Catholic, the Enquirer reports, O'Donnell recently "took God back into her heart."
Not that there's anything wrong with lawyers; some of my best friends are lawyers: Lapsed lawyer Stuart Taylor ( Inside Washington ) on cover-ups and obstruction of justice: "Lawyers do things every day that would strike the average American as a cover-up."