All 11 Uses of
elapse
in
Jane Eyre
- I recalled the time when I had travelled that very road in a coach; I remembered descending that hill at twilight; an age seemed to have elapsed since the day which brought me first to Lowood, and I had never quitted it since.†
Chpt 10
- The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it; and fear with me became predominant when half-an-hour elapsed and still I was alone.†
Chpt 11
- A very long time elapsed.†
Chpt 15 *
- A considerable interval elapsed before it again rose.†
Chpt 18
- A sufficient interval having elapsed for the performers to resume their ordinary costume, they re-entered the dining-room.†
Chpt 18
- More than ten days elapsed before I had again any conversation with her.†
Chpt 21
- Mr. Rochester had given me but one week's leave of absence: yet a month elapsed before I quitted Gateshead.†
Chpt 22
- I assured him I was naturally hard — very flinty, and that he would often find me so; and that, moreover, I was determined to show him divers rugged points in my character before the ensuing four weeks elapsed: he should know fully what sort of a bargain he had made, while there was yet time to rescind it.†
Chpt 24
- Ere many minutes had elapsed, I was again on my feet, however, and again searching something — a resource, or at least an informant.†
Chpt 28
- Incommunicative as he was, some time elapsed before I had an opportunity of gauging his mind.†
Chpt 30
- Some time elapsed before, with all my efforts, I could comprehend my scholars and their nature.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(elapse) of time: to pass by