lapse of time
Example Sentences
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“When the lapse of time proves the reality of the evil,” he says in the book, “then the actual bitterness of grief commences.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024
Newry Mourne and Down Council said it no longer held details on the Hunter's Mill planning decision "due to the lapse of time" since the application was made in 1998.
From BBC • May 9, 2023
“The level of inequality around the world was totally unacceptable, and the best way of reducing the inequalities in a very short lapse of time was to use the taxation tool,” he said.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021
This, though, is not the greatest lapse of time between an exaggerated report of death and the reality.
From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2013
The shell may be broken, and even portions of it removed, and yet after a certain lapse of time the injured parts will be repaired by a deposition of shelly matter at the fractured parts.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
