Example Sentences

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When people have relapsed, the North Hollywood center has monitored them one-on-one in its television room until staff are sure they are safe, then decided on their next steps.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

Indeed, a "lapse" may not even mean that you have "relapsed."

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2023

"There are people suffering from diseases that have relapsed because they were prevented from receiving the necessary treatment," he told the BBC.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2022

All the while trying to avoid meeting anyone I know and feeling a deep sense of guilt and failure that I have relapsed.

From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2019

He braced himself before entering his dad’s room, fearing he might have relapsed, but when he went in, a happy scene awaited him.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins