Sentence examples for years lapse from inspiring English sources

I want her to think, I need a new shirt, and then proceed to go get one, rather than having a month (or in the case of my glasses, 15 years) lapse between the thought and the deed.

The middle years lapsed into being a cruel joke.

The previous two years lapsed into the first consecutive losing seasons under Paterno.

(Coach House had closed five years before, and according to code, the property lost the right to operate a restaurant after two years lapsed).

"Then you add a 20-year lapse.

Still, a 40-year lapse makes for a tough challenge.

That five-year lapse gives the robots in the Chicago production a certain advantage, Mr. Green said.

She stopped playing in college, then resumed in 1986, after a 20-year lapse.

The Jets have not won a championship since 1969, a staggering 32-year lapse.

The one-year lapse in the estate tax was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2001, an accounting quirk in his package of tax cuts.

Talk story about a visit with pianist Vladimir Horowitz after his triumphant reappearance on the concert stage following a 12-year lapse.