Sample sentences for ELAPSE - verbalworkout.com

(click/touch triangles for details)

Definition

of time: to pass by

three years elapsed

elapsed = of time: to pass by

Three months have elapsed since the fire.
I know that no more than ten or twelve seconds elapsed, but it seemed much longer, and finally she nodded slightly.
Nicholas Sparks -- A Walk to Remember
I did not know how much time elapsed as I stood there, numb, astonished; but, suddenly, the vast ranks of the Communist party began to move.
Richard Wright -- Black Boy
After over an hour of the visiting time had elapsed, I was beside myself.
Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
The Hegemony did not wait eleven local years to return-the FORCE torchships were in orbit before five years had elapsed.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
Almost a decade had elapsed since he first introduced the legislation and he was finally able to bring it to a vote.
Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
I could tell that, even in the brief moment that elapsed before I lost my senses.
Hermann Hesse -- Steppenwolf
In the moments that elapsed, I felt the weight of Tim's prognosis hanging over both of us.
Nicholas Sparks -- Dear John
Hear it, somehow, until whole seconds elapse between beats.
Ransom Riggs -- Hollow City
Just over eight minutes had elapsed.
Dave Eggers -- The Circle
Whenever I fell asleep, I awoke with the notion I had had in the sluice-house, that a long time had elapsed and the opportunity to save him was gone.
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
How much time had elapsed since he had seen Sirius lying on the Department of Mysteries floor?
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
A very considerable period has elapsed since the negative of the crown has been exercised.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers
But twenty-four hours have elapsed since then, and in that time I have witnessed incredible things in this house.
Henrik Ibsen -- A Doll's House
Days would elapse before he could come back.
Oscar Wilde -- The Picture of Dorian Gray
He thought all this and more in the moment that elapsed between the stranger's remark and Injun Joe's next—which was— "Because the bush is in your way.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
In actual time, not over an hour elapsed before I had the spare tire on.
John Steinbeck -- Travels with Charley
Several days had elapsed.
Elie Wiesel -- Night
Mari releases a little sigh and allows a few seconds to elapse.
Haruki Murakami -- After Dark

Dictionary / pronunciation — Google^®Dictionary list — Onelook.com^®

Search for other examples by interest

Interest — Source