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i could make nothing of these fits of distress which continues until morning . then marguerite lapsed into a sort of torpor.

Pete's wife, Nancy, recalls that Pete's last words to her before he lapsed into a coma were, "Good-bye Toots. "

Macedonia remains fragile eight years after it almost lapsed into war. Testy relations with its neighbours do not help.

He fractured his skull, lapsed into a coma and was released four months later, after undergoing surgery and therapy.

There is no sure-fire way to tell whether the U. S. economy already has lapsed into renewed recession or whether it will soon.

Hurstwood grew serious, and he lapsed into quiet thought. He looked up after a time to say.

A few weeks before my due date. , mother lapsed into a deep coma.

The Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Route, which had linked China to the world, lapsed into disuse.

The pupils lapsed into silence when the schoolteacher came into the classroom.

The wounded soldier opened his eyes, smiled at us, and then lapsed into unconsciousness again.

He lapsed into depression after quitting, and his parents blamed steroids for his death.

Since then, discussion of his resignation has lapsed into hysteria. After all, he is the man who rescued Apple from near-death experience.

Unable to cope with his father's death and sister's suicide in 1994, he repeatedly lapsed into alcoholism.

As the months lapsed into years, Mr. Hill became more like a wise uncle than a boss.

Japanese cars gradually improved while American companies lapsed into complacency, and the rest is history.

Rather it reflects lower rates for borrowers whose fixed-rate deals had expired and lapsed into cheaper variable-rate mortgages.

Paula, who suffered from the genetic disorder porphyria , lapsed into a coma in 1991 and died in 1992.

She married a local man, became pregnant and after three days of labor, she lapsed into unconsciousness and the baby was stillborn.

Wisdom 0 means that a creature is lapsed into a deep sleep filled with nightmares, helpless.

Charisma 0 means that a creature is lapsed into a catatonic, coma like stupor, helpless.

What probably happened is that the writer lapsed into colloquial language, writing in a conversational style.

According to two Czech psychiatrists, when carrots were withdrawn, he and the other patients lapsed into heightened irritability.

I see that I have lapsed into parable and ecstatic declamation.

Crysta lapsed into her own language, and computers supplied the translation.

Suddenly, a moving story has lapsed into public monument cliche.

In the second car the twins, after a single attempt, had lapsed into complete silence.

At this he lapsed into ebullient laughter again--and so did I, my suspicions gradually receding.

We talked nonstop at first, but soon lapsed into silence.