So the contest went on without agreement until it finally lapsed.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
At length some coolness grew up between us, and I could not, or did not wish to press my demand; and at last it lapsed entirely from my memory, so that from that day I never saw it.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
He lapsed into silence again.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard