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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
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