All 4 Uses of
elapse
in
Hard Times
- She was so steadfastly occupied, that many minutes elapsed before she looked up from her work; when she did so Mr. Bounderby bespoke her attention with a hitch of his head.†
Chpt 1.16 *
- But the surgeon who held the watch, declared five minutes not to have elapsed yet, and sternly admonished them to keep silence.†
Chpt 3.6
- In the few hours that I can possibly allow to elapse before I publish the truth, how is he to be found by us, and only by us?†
Chpt 3.7
- 'If that portrait could speak, sir — but it has the advantage over the original of not possessing the power of committing itself and disgusting others, — it would testify, that a long period has elapsed since I first habitually addressed it as the picture of a Noodle.†
Chpt 3.9
Definition:
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(elapse) of time: to pass by