lapsed

Example Sentences

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Raised Catholic but long-since lapsed, he instead harnesses an emphatic merger of physical form and fluid red color to conjure a wholly secular vision of the body and the blood.

From Los Angeles Times

Congress has voted to renew a 1990s-era law that extends protections to victims of domestic and sexual violence, updating the landmark Violence Against Women Act nearly three years after it lapsed due to Republican opposition.

From Seattle Times

I’m a lapsed vegan, back on the wagon after becoming overly reliant on “comfort foods” during these stressful times.

From Washington Post

Other studies have shown that well-being lapsed to pre-vacation levels within the first week of resuming work.

From New York Times

But when those periods lapsed, the C.D.C. has issued extensions of it under the 1944 law, which empowers the government to issue rules it deems necessary to slow the interstate spread of disease.

From New York Times