lapsed

Example Sentences

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I relent that I’m both a lapsed fashion student and someone who spent their adolescence and early teens marveling at Jacobs’ designs and Coppola’s films.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Since DHS funding lapsed in mid-February, about 375 officers have quit, the department said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Treaties meant to limit nuclear arsenals—including, as of last month, the only remaining one between the U.S. and Russia—have lapsed.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Fans won’t ever know exactly why the doting parents lapsed in their watch of the eggs a month ago, though the nonprofit believes they had their reasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

By then, I was a lapsed Catholic; my sisters and I had been pretty well Americanized since our arrival in this country a decade before, so really, I didn't have a good excuse.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez