relapse
verb (used without object)
to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc..
was relapsing
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past progressiveof relapse.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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
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 Ann Ward Radcliffe
But Mrs. Gwynne, who had unfolded herself in a way most unusual, now was relapsing into reserve.
From Olive A Novel by G. Bowers
Miss Steinfeld, eager at first to talk English, was relapsing into her native tongue, and as Alma lazily avoided German, they conversed in different languages, each with a sprinkling of foreign phrase.
From The Whirlpool by George Gissing
