Sample Sentences forrelapse (editor-reviewed)
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She returned to the hospital due to difficulty breathing after a relapse of the flu.relapse = return (to an undesirable previous condition)
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She stayed clean for over a year, but she had a relapse in December and is now in a drug treatment center.relapse = return to an undesirable previous condition
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Relapses are common with major depressive disorder.relapses = returns to an undesirable previous condition
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The doctor had said she could have a relapse. (source)relapse = return to an undesirable previous condition
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I hadn't mentioned his relapse to her, mostly since it had passed without any significant drama. (source)
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Her large shapely body seemed to relapse naturally into stillness. (source)
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—whenever he subsided into affection, he called me Pip, and whenever he relapsed into politeness he called me sir; (source)relapsed = returned to an undesirable previous condition
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He handed in his resignation at once—and that night the Judge suffered a relapse and died. (source)relapse = return to an undesirable previous condition
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Then checking himself and relapsing into his own tongue: "What's up on the train?" (source)relapsing = returning to a less undesirable previous condition
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He had remarried, stopped drinking (more or less) and suffered only occasional relapses.† (source)
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Fanny was silent, and Miss Crawford relapsed into thoughtfulness, till suddenly looking up at the end of a few minutes, she exclaimed, "Ah! here he is." (source)relapsed = returned to an less desirable previous condition
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Jacquie's latest relapse had not left burn holes in her life.† (source)
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She would dawdle in the bathroom, rolling her cigarettes in perfumed paper, smoking alone, relapsing into her consolatory love as she did when she was young and free in her own house, mistress of her own body.† (source)
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The staff had no obligation to tell anyone, but many of them had developed an uncanny ability to sense prob lems, especially relapses and complications.† (source)
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Lucas had relapsed, and she said it with a sad smile and a little shrug, the way you might say an alcoholic had relapsed.† (source)
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Seemed to think it might, ah, bring about a relapse, tempt me into my old ways.† (source)
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