" She lapsed into her inarticulate sounds, and unconsciously drew forth the article which she was fingering.
He sat down and tried to seem gay, but it was up-hill work; it roused no smile, no response, and he lapsed into silence and let his heart sink down to the depths.
Now he lapsed into suffering again, as the dry argument was resumed.
However, their patent for the symbol lapsed in 1995, and their effort to popularize it ultimately failed.
—· The summer lapsed away — ,,, Too imperceptible at last , To seem like Perfidy — A quietness distilled As Twilight long begun, Or Nature spending with herself ,, Sequestered Afternoon — .
At intervals they lapsed into silences, leaving a sentence unfinished, seemingly either unaware of it or losing their way.
