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It was the first time she had heard of it; a fact which shows into what a state of savagery he had been lapsing.

From The Blue Lagoon: a romance by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

Wanhope had been lapsing deeper and deeper into the hollow of his chair; but he now pulled himself up, and turned quickly toward Rulledge.

From The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse by Howells, William Dean

And while his moral sentiments had been lapsing for generations, note what a gain there has been in his animal development; for he is next of kin to the common house-cat.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey