Sentence examples for the lapse from inspiring English sources

"the lapse" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used in a sentence to refer to a failure, mistake, or error. Example: The lapse in judgment cost her the promotion she had been working towards for years.

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the lapse

noun

A temporary failure; a slip.

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With a laugh, he excused the lapse.

The Times regrets the lapse.

Neither minded the lapse in the other's attention.

Hayward had said the lapse was an error.

Neither Microsoft nor the commission spotted the lapse.

And the lapse of taste doesn't stop there.

"They were so focused on the lapse of insurance.

The lapse would not have happened in previous years.

If the lapse occurred, it was not final, or fatal.

This summer I am making up for the lapse.

Embarrassed Congressional staff members had to write in $300 million to cover the lapse.

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