Sentence examples for or lapsing from inspiring English sources

Thirteen can hardly be accused of glamorising its characters or lapsing into prurience.

Ever since taking office, Obama has conspicuously tried to avoid making generalizations about Islamic extremism, or lapsing into loose talk about a clash of civilizations.

They are building uncompromisingly modern houses on narrow lots, without offending their neighbors or lapsing into the kitschy or the cute.

Without becoming preachy or lapsing into fatuous psychological jargon, "Bulgarian Lovers" observes the interplay of sex, power and money with a cool, amused attitude and a fine sense of social detail.

You can see what she is trying to do: suggest that the medium is a bohemian hearty who takes her business seriously and goes into a trance by prowling round the furniture uttering peremptory barks or lapsing into tribal cries.

We need to connect courageously with the rejection, the fear, the vulnerability that Trump's victory has inflicted on us, without turning away or numbing ourselves or lapsing into cynicism.

"We can either move forward or lapse backward".

I can certainly detect Methodists (or lapsed ones) a mile off.

Many colleges had strong nuclear engineering programs through the 1970s that were later pared down to focus only on submarine propulsion or weapons research, or lapsed altogether.

The Liverpool manager has admitted in the past that his defenders have been bullied by powerful centre-forwards or lapsed at aerial challenges.

Mr. Bagley, who says he is a "Jack Mormon," or lapsed believer, contends that the attack had less to do with greed than ideology.