RELAPSE in a Sentence

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Indeed, it was all that they could do to drag themselves on to the balcony, and there to relapse into easy chairs.

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 Meanings and Examples of RELAPSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
relapse
 n.  falling back into a former state, especially becoming worse
Classic Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1  Each instant he seemed as though he would open his eyes and speak; but then would follow a prolonged stertorous breath, and he would relapse into a more fixed insensibility.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
2  I should be much obliged if you would ask Mr. Bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on Saturday, for I rely on you to arrange my music for me.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In FIRST ACT
3  She will relapse into the gutter in three weeks without me at her elbow.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
4  Isaac groaned deeply, and began to wring his hands, and to relapse into his state of desolation and despair.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
5  Now I am clear again, though I dare not think of it too much for fear of a relapse.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
6  A bad relapse, that will lead you, if I mistake not, to the Place de Greve.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 82. The Burglary.
7  A letter from Washington added to their trouble, for Mr. March had had a relapse, and could not think of coming home for a long while.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
8  More than once the agitation into which these reflections threw me made my friends dread a dangerous relapse.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
9  Indeed, it was all that they could do to drag themselves on to the balcony, and there to relapse into easy chairs.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
10  Scarlett relapsed into silence but she could not sit still.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
11  When she was able to bear the sniffling noise no longer, Scarlett turned and pinched her viciously, causing Prissy to scream in good earnest before she relapsed into frightened silence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  That was as accurate a summing up of the situation as could be made and Scarlett relapsed into infuriated silence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
13  From this conviction of wrongness, Frank gathered courage to forbid Scarlett to do such a thing, and so strong were his remarks that she, startled, relapsed into silence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
14  After one exceedingly observant look at him, his companion relapsed into his lightest air.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
15  He was anxious to see if she had relapsed since the previous evening.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence:
1  A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse.
2  We were afraid he might relapse into a coma.
3  He handed in his resignation at once--and that night the Judge suffered a relapse and died.
4  She managed to stop using drugs for a month, but then relapsed.