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Example sentences for "elapses"

Lexicographically close words:
elan; eland; elands; elapse; elapsed; elapsing; elasmobranch; elastic; elastica; elastically
  1. A certain interval of time therefore elapses between the manifestation of magnetism in the external and the internal sections or layers of the core.

  2. After an acute or subacute attack some time elapses before the large number of cell-elements are disintegrated or absorbed.

  3. It is unsafe to attempt to diagnose the position of the ulcer merely from the length of time which elapses between the ingestion of food and the onset of pain.

  4. In other forges, the processes are performed separately, or an interval elapses between each stage of the work.

  5. What we have been saying here is simply that repetition of the same material fixes it better in memory, when an interval (not necessarily an empty interval) elapses between the repetitions.

  6. But in mammals there is no such continuous series of reproductive acts, but mating comes to a close and an interval elapses in which there is no behavior going on that has anything to do with reproduction.

  7. Some time, however, elapses before I can thoroughly appreciate my situation, and realise the fact that all this applause and laughter is due to my appearance on the stage.

  8. I devote the time which elapses before these dispatches appear, to a little business on behalf of the New York Trigger.

  9. An interval of from twenty to thirty minutes elapses between each act, during which the whole audience rise from their places and promenade around and about the theatre.

  10. A variable period elapses between the time of exposure to whooping cough and the appearance of the first symptoms.

  11. A period of ten or twelve days usually elapses after exposure to smallpox before the appearance of the first symptoms of the disease.

  12. A period of from seven to sixteen days after exposure to measles elapses before the disease becomes apparent.

  13. Usually a week or two elapses after the entrance of the malarial parasite into the blood before symptoms occur; rarely this period is as short as twenty-four hours, and occasionally may extend to several months.

  14. A period of two weeks commonly elapses after exposure to the disease before the appearance of the first symptom of chickenpox, but this period may vary from thirteen to twenty-one days.

  15. The length of time that elapses for a version to take on a flexion depends on the degree of induration or stiffness of the uterine walls.

  16. The nest being completed, which is usually the case in about five days from the time of starting, a brief season elapses before any eggs are laid.

  17. During the short period which elapses before building operations are begun, which lasts from three to four weeks, they occupy the time in feeding, in dusting themselves by the roadside, or in the enjoyment of each other's society.

  18. An incredibly short space of time elapses before the division of the stone is completed, when the fire is carefully extinguished with earth or sand, and the stone allowed to cool.

  19. Passing over the period which elapses between lying in the cradle and learning to walk, we next find these little Eastern street-arabs following their own sweet wills in the roads and alleys or on the canals of their native town or village.

  20. During the whole time that elapses between the first mention of the marriage until the ceremony itself is actually accomplished, the betrothed pair are supposed never to meet.

  21. At the bottom of this urn there is a stop-cock through which the products of decomposition are drained away day by day, in the interval that elapses between the death and the cremation of the body.

  22. This time is that which elapses between the moment the pistol is discharged and the moment the sprinter starts.

  23. By experiments the inventor has proved to his own satisfaction that the time which elapses between the firing of the starter's pistol and the actual start of the runner is long enough to influence the winning of a race.

  24. What is the usual period that elapses between the commencement and the termination of the disease?

  25. The time which elapses between the taking of strychnia and the commencement of the paroxysms depends on the constitution and strength of the individual.

  26. The ordinary time that elapses between the administration of arsenic and death is from eighteen hours to two days and a half.

  27. Occasionally a longer interval elapses before the breast is completely emptied at each nursing.

  28. It is, likewise, customary to keep the trained nurse four weeks after the birth; but whenever possible it would be well to retain her six weeks, since this period elapses before the mother has entirely regained her normal physical condition.

  29. When a person is exposed to infestation, the trouble manifests itself after eight or ten days, though there usually elapses a period of twenty to thirty days before there is a suspicion of anything serious.

  30. Is the interval which elapses between two successive meridian transits of the sun, and is the unit of time in common use.

  31. The interval of time which elapses from the moment when a planet or comet leaves any point in its orbit, until it returns to it again.

  32. The average time which elapses after marriage and the birth of the first child is seventeen months.

  33. An examination should therefore be made before too long an interval elapses and the facts learned.

  34. Interval elapses during which the victims are expected to eat the soup.

  35. The young grow rather quickly, and not much time elapses before they leave the nest to stagger round and hide amongst the vegetation.

  36. Another circumstance which appears to control the degree of toxicity inherent in serpent venom is the interval of time which elapses between two successive bites.

  37. Professor Freudenreich has made very exhaustive investigations to show how milk microbes may multiply in the time which elapses between milking and the receipt of the milk by the consumer.

  38. A long period elapses after this occurs before it can make the mother feel its motions.

  39. The variation of time may be thus accounted for: after insemination, a considerable interval elapses before fecundation takes place, and the passage of the fertilized germ from the ovary to the uterus is also liable to be retarded.

  40. Then some time usually elapses before a breach is made, and the garrison is sufficiently weakened to render an assault advisable.

  41. The true solar day is the interval of time which elapses between two consecutive returns of the same terrestrial meridian to the Sun, the mean length of which is twenty-four hours.

  42. The time which elapses in the piece is a single night; the subject is the adventures which befel the heroine during that period; the scene changes, but only to the places in the same town to which she went during its continuance.

  43. I think that the portion of time which elapses between the period of a young girl leaving school and being married, is the happiest of her existence.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "elapses" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.