Now just as soundness of body is corrupted by the body lapsing from the condition due to the human species, so unsoundness of mind is due to the mind lapsing from the disposition due to the human species.
Thirdly, there is perjury when judgment is lacking, since by the very fact that a man swears indiscreetly, he incurs the danger of lapsing into falsehood.
I don't like this lapsing into forgetfulness; it may make or continue some injury to the brain.
She had made a gesture expressive of the motion of a night bird beating its wings, and, lapsing into silence, stood smiling at Pierre, who was bewildered.
Hans replied to this sally with great vigor, lapsing into Dutch.
The Lord is my shepherd,'" said my father, lapsing into verse.
The various guild-choruses are full of humour, the many ridiculous things being saved from lapsing into mere horseplay and nonsense by the endless series of beautiful tunes.
She felt frozen, her limbs were like lead, and her mind was wandering, or lapsing into unconsciousness.
Lands once under high cultivation are lapsing into jungle.
Nothing but the balancing influence of generous culture will arrest thislapsing tendency.
And while his moral sentiments had been lapsing for generations, note what a gain there has been in his animal development; for he is next of kin to the common house-cat.
In suchwise, then, the lapsingaeons change The nature of the whole wide world, and earth Taketh one status after other.
For lapsing aeons change the nature of The whole wide world, and all things needs must take One status after other, nor aught persists Forever like itself.
No brave endeavor of the broken will To cling to such poor stays as will abide (Although the waves be wild and angry still) After the lapsing of the swollen tide.
I saw her twins of eyelids listless swoon Mesmeric eyes, Like the mild lapsing of a lulling tune On wide surprise, While slow the graceful presence of a moon Mellowed the purple skies.
Moreover, there was less suffering: death had carried off the most afflicted ones, and only stupefied ailments, numbed by fatigue and lapsing into a slow torpor, remained.
Fulkerson stopped and looked at March, whom he saw lapsing into a serious silence.
Brand's arms were waving: he was rapidly lapsing into his old Hyde Park manner.
It is, it is," agreed Montagu, lapsing straightway into self-pity.
Lewes attributes many instincts to what he calls the "lapsing of intelligence.
The governor of Newgate and other metropolitan prisons had orders of admission to this refuge, which he could bestow on prisoners on release, and so save the better-disposed or the completely destitute from lapsing at once into crime.
He left Newgate utterly corrupted, and after lapsing into crime, soon returned with a very different character.
Under the calm ascension of the night We heard the mellow lapsing and return Of night-owls purring in their groundling flight Through lanes of darkling fern.
So, hurrying to the hedge and looking down, I saw a mighty bay's wind-crinkled blue Ruffling the image of a tranquil town, With lapsing waters glittering as they grew.
But to be sure of this was enough for her, and she saw more clearly with each lapsing instant what they were both doing.
I'm mighty glad to be back," said she, lapsing with keen pleasure into her native dialect.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lapsing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
