elapsed

Example Sentences

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Sometimes, the differential is simply about the time elapsed: A stunning silver pitcher by the aforementioned Revere with accompanying documentation was estimated to bring—at auction, as the experts always caution—between $25,000 and $60,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

By the time the agents shoved me into that unmarked SUV, three minutes and 30 seconds had elapsed.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026

Several hours had elapsed, and their options were running out.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

I had tried to telegraph to the group that coming back was not a given, and I think the fact that a long time that elapsed also made that clear.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Mr. Rochester had given me but one week’s leave of absence: yet a month elapsed before I quitted Gateshead.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë