lapsed

Example Sentences

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Raised Catholic but long-since lapsed, he instead harnesses an emphatic merger of physical form and fluid red color to conjure a wholly secular vision of the body and the blood.

From Los Angeles Times

Congress has voted to renew a 1990s-era law that extends protections to victims of domestic and sexual violence, updating the landmark Violence Against Women Act nearly three years after it lapsed due to Republican opposition.

From Seattle Times

The first half looked like another wreck for the Lakers, who got three technical fouls for arguing amid their missed shots and lapsed defense.

From Seattle Times

Instead of being a lapsed Catholic, I was a lapsed vegetarian.

From Salon

Circuit agreed on appeal by the D.C. government that Kollar-Kotelly’s initial injunction against the city had lapsed, leading to settlement talks.

From Washington Post