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UK
/ˈæps/
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NOUN
- a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
How To Use apse In A Sentence
- In the course of what I have to say, the distinction between morality as convenience and morality as ideal will virtually collapse, along with a good deal else.
- He pulled himself up and stumbled to the bathroom, where he turned on the cold tap and collapsed at the bottom of the shower, barely awake.
- We require a quorum of 100 students to proceed - and the motion lapses if it isn't obtained.
- A time-lapse camera recorded the entire event, compressing it into a 100-minute film that became a work in its own right.
- Anybody who has tried to follow a rigorous diet will know how easy it is to lapse back into bad habits. Times, Sunday Times
- If it were a little more curved it would collapse, imploding on itself in a cosmic crunch; a little less curved, and every star, planet, sun and galaxy would fly apart from each other and so would every atom of matter in each of them.
- 'If he _has not fulfilled_ his promise to write,' but 'If he _did not write_ as he undertook to do' ([Greek: _egrapsen huposchomenos_]); nor 'If he _has commenced and finished_,' but 'If he _commenced and finished_' ([Greek: _arxamenos sunetelese_]). A Reply to Dr. Lightfoot's Essays
- Indeed, so many of us now possess a handset that mobile phone sales have collapsed.
- The question is, who is liable for the cost of repairs if, for example, an undetected slow leak in a geyser causes a ceiling collapse and water damage to interior paint work, carpets and furniture?
- The effect would be a level of military involvement that would serve to collapse the distinction between inspection and invasion/occupation.