All 6 Uses of
elapse
in
War and Peace
- It seemed to him that more than half an hour had elapsed.†
Chpt 1 *
- When the twenty minutes had elapsed and the time had come for the old prince to get up, Tikhon came to call the young prince to his father.†
Chpt 1
- Two months had elapsed since the news of the battle of Austerlitz and the loss of Prince Andrew had reached Bald Hills, and in spite of the letters sent through the embassy and all the searches made, his body had not been found nor was he on the list of prisoners.†
Chpt 4
- During the two days that elapsed before Rostov called, Princess Mary continually thought of how she ought to behave to him.†
Chpt 12
- They spoke of the countess' health, of their mutual friends, of the latest war news, and when the ten minutes required by propriety had elapsed after which a visitor may rise, Nicholas got up to say good-by.†
Chpt 15
- Similarly a man who committed a murder twenty years ago and has since lived peaceably and harmlessly in society seems less guilty and his action more due to the law of inevitability, to someone who considers his action after twenty years have elapsed than to one who examined it the day after it was committed.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(elapse) of time: to pass by