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Meanings of momentary lapse in English

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Usage of momentary lapse in English
1
Kemp, ashamed of his momentary lapse from truthfulness, handed him the weapon.
The Invisible Man
2
Shall we ascribe my misadventure to a momentary lapse then, unrelated to age?
The distant hours
3
Lieutenant Keyes cursed himself for his momentary lapse and snapped to.
The Fall of Reach
4
It was easy to see his own birth as a momentary lapse, a miscalculation.
The Centauri Device
5
If I thought this was a momentary lapse in personality- Ihadanother thing coming.
Ebony
6
And then, happily, there came a momentary lapse in the entirety of his egoism.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
7
It must have been a momentary lapse on his part.
The Irish Times
8
He turned on his heel, ashamed of his momentary lapse.
The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales
9
I'd taken it during a momentary lapse of confidence.
Library of Souls
10
The momentary lapse seemed to have done her good.
Winter door
11
Nor are we to regard that momentary lapse only from the outside and the surface.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
12
But the General, apparently unconscious of his momentary lapse of memory, was not responsive to English.
The Path to Honour
13
This is just a momentary lapse of confidence.
Welcome to the N.H.K.
14
Was that first momentary lapse typical of the man or might it have happened to anyone?
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
15
The schoolgirl analogy puzzled him, allowing her to take advantage of his momentary lapse in concentration.
Our little secret
16
He could scarcely forgive himself their momentary lapse.
The Ordeal: A Mountain Romance of Tennessee
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common