relapsing

Example Sentences

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Almost a decade later, the Times looks to be relapsing into bad form.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

“Obesity is a chronic, relapsing, biologically defended disease. The body defends its highest sustained weight. So when weight decreases, compensatory mechanisms intensify. GLP‑1s blunt these signals, but they do not eliminate them entirely.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Jebb emphasised that GLP-1 drugs "are a really valuable tool in obesity treatment -- but obesity is a chronic relapsing condition."

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

Their work uncovered traces of two disease-causing pathogens -- those behind paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever -- which match the symptoms described in eyewitness records from that time.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025

She was fast relapsing into stupor; nor did her mind again rally: at twelve o’clock that night she died.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë