Explore Relapse through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like lapse or regress. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Relapse meaning
- To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
- To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
- To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
Synonyms of Relapse
Using Relapse
- The main meaning on this page is: To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice. | To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement). | To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
- Useful related words include: lapse, regress, retrogress, recidivate.
- In the example corpus, relapse often appears in combinations such as: of relapse, to relapse, relapse of.
Context around Relapse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Relapse
- In this selection, "relapse" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, focused, total, refractory, too and prevention stand out and add context to how "relapse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a total relapse and alcoholic i relapse to watch. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "relapse" sits close to words such as aol, arran and autoimmune, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with relapse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It wasn’t a total relapse. (6 words)
I'm an alcoholic, I relapse to watch. (8 words)
There are downsides, including a higher risk of relapse. (9 words)
But isn’t about deafness, it’s a story about change and the journey we must take to embrace it, as Ruben enters a facility to help him learn to live with his deafness while also avoiding a relapse into his old life of drug abuse. (46 words)
Despite the August rebound, many analysts do not rule out a relapse into deflation in coming months, as China's main growth engines stall and after youth unemployment reached a record level of more than 20 percent in June. (39 words)
But the truth is, “While euphoria associated with drugs may be a trigger, the stress of profound pain also puts someone at risk of relapse,” said Dr. Sarah Wakeman, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Despite the August rebound, many analysts do not rule out a relapse into deflation in coming months, as China's main growth engines stall and after youth unemployment reached a record level of more than 20 percent in June.
For some folks, especially those in the addiction recovery world, using one drug to help you stay off another is a taboo dooming users to failure or relapse.
He experienced a relapse in his fight against leukemia last spring and has been under treatment at University Hospital’s Seidman Cancer Center.
However, it is not a cure, as many patients continue to relapse or have minimal improvements after receiving treatment.
I don't have the details of specific types of markers we're looking at in these specific indications, but they're all very much in the relapse refractory setting.
If anything, it can be described as a relapse, as he has been out of trouble since 2011.
If they have a relapse, it’s important that they have safer alternatives to toxic street drugs to prevent them from a fatal overdose.
I'm an alcoholic, I relapse to watch.
Leyla is worried a night out might increase her temptation to relapse, but Suzy reassures her, convincing Leyla to come out and bury her fears.
Please pray for your friends that continue to relapse and dabble or stay connected to the 'scene'.
There are downsides, including a higher risk of relapse.
This is a fine line to tread: too much exertion can lead to relapse; too little and we get even more stiff and tired.
While she’s been told her chemo infusions are working, she’s worried about complications or a relapse.
According to the inside sources, the elder Biden is concerned that the stress of the prolonged investigation could spur Hunter Biden to relapse into addiction.
African American Focused Relapse Prevention Workshops – 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday, May 6, at Sierra Health Foundation.
Both Nikki and Kiran initially denied the affair, but Kieran later admitted that he'd had a relapse of his sex addiction.
But he thinks jail time is an overreaction to a relapse.
But isn’t about deafness, it’s a story about change and the journey we must take to embrace it, as Ruben enters a facility to help him learn to live with his deafness while also avoiding a relapse into his old life of drug abuse.
But the truth is, “While euphoria associated with drugs may be a trigger, the stress of profound pain also puts someone at risk of relapse,” said Dr. Sarah Wakeman, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School.
It wasn’t a total relapse.
Common combinations with relapse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of relapse 16×
- to relapse 14×
- relapse of 13×
- relapse into 8×
- relapse and 7×
- and relapse 6×
- prevent relapse 5×
- or relapse 4×
- relapse in 4×
- relapse or 4×