relapse
verb (used without object)
to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc..
will relapse
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future tenseof relapse.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Worried that Skye will relapse, Mickey counterintuitively decides Wes is just the one to keep her in line and invites him to come and stay with them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025
Most infected dogs will relapse, requiring regular screening and treatment as well as topical insecticide to prevent spread to other dogs or people.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
Your fever will relapse at precise intervals with each new burst and invasion of the parasite from your blood cells.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2019
Without my medications for depression and anxiety, I will relapse.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2017
Some of these doubtless will relapse; but if only one of them remains really reformed, surely the Salvation Army has vindicated its arguments and all is proved to be well worth while.
From Regeneration by Henry Rider Haggard
