Example Sentences

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While two centuries may have elapsed, "the characters and the emotional journeys that they go on really feel like they haven't aged at all," she says.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

In 2013, Levesque filed a lawsuit against Blackground Records to be released from her contract, which she signed as a minor and, under New York state law, should have elapsed after seven years.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

Only minutes or hours have elapsed in the present when she returns home, sometimes after perilous weeks or months in the past.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022

To recap the premise: An airliner lands safely in New York after a rough flight, but the passengers’ relief vanishes when they realize five years have elapsed in a few hours.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2022

Only about thirty-five minutes have elapsed since it began.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow