was relapsing
- past progressive of relapse.
Example Sentences
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But just a few months later, a terrifying truth was clear to her parents — she was relapsing.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
My family feared I was relapsing, no matter how much I tried to explain that the depression made eating irrelevant at best and impossible at worst.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2022
Jane had spent an evening at Hartfield with her grandmother and aunt, and every thing was relapsing much into its usual state.
From Emma by Austen, Jane
Her colour faded again, she felt, that she was relapsing into faintness, and instantly averted her looks, but not before she had observed the altered countenance of Valancourt, on perceiving her.
From The Mysteries of Udolpho by Radcliffe, Ann Ward
Evidently, after his fit of promptitude, Mr. Tulliver was relapsing into the sense that this is a puzzling world.
From The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George
