How to Use relapse in a Sentence

relapse

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• Everyone thought she was well until a sudden relapse sent her back to the hospital.
• Running the race did spark a bit of a relapse for me.
  — L'oreal Thompson Payton, SELF, 5 Dec. 2025
• Three weeks ago, Matt suffered a relapse.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
• Plus, some drugs may work for a while and then stop, prompting a relapse in symptoms.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 8 Dec. 2021
• Someone who relapses may have too much shame to share their relapse.
  — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2021
• McGill’s slow but steady relapse into his former life as a grifter.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022
• Garrido said these videos played a role in her recent relapse.
  — Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2023
• The study then looked at relapse rates at two yearly intervals.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 19 Oct. 2021
• But the signs of relapse were evident in recent years.
  — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 6 May 2026
• In one instance during that relapse, Williams didn't show up for work.
  — Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022
• Its success rate can be as high as 80%, but relapse is common.
  — Haley Weiss, Time, 24 July 2023
• After his relapse, Lawrence needed around-the-clock care.
  — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
• The season was beginning to look more like a relapse than a rebound.
  — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
• My work is also a call for reflection on why conflicts relapse.
  — Corinne Dufka, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023
• Our shared goal is to reach a point where this progress is locked in, so that a relapse into conflict can be all but ruled out.
  — Jean-Pierre Lacroix, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
• Reliable treatment options are scarce, which has kept the rate of relapse high.
  — New York Times, 24 June 2022
• Each relapse has been the hardest conversation to have with them.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 18 June 2022
• The result is a quiet relapse engine.
  — John Fomeche, STAT, 7 Apr. 2026
• But the research might help explain why weight relapse is so common and why avoiding weight gain matters.
  — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
• His decision to be open about the relapse was in part thanks to Bradley Cooper.
  — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
• The goal is to make it through the rest of the season without a relapse and to hit the playoffs in peak condition.
  — Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• Jagadeesh said that two years after a bone marrow transplant, a patient's risk of relapse goes down.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
• They’re given to those in remission with a high risk of relapse, Knutson said.
  — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 26 June 2023
• They’re given to those in remission with a high risk of relapse, Knutson says.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2023
• If participants make mistakes or relapse, they’re not kicked out.
  — Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
• But the state required him to visit each venue — inviting a relapse — or see a counselor who could ban him from a few dozen at a time.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
• Indeed, the recent numbers show a sharp shift from modest progress to a relapse towards the danger zone.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 May 2026
• The changes that occur in the brain can persist even after a person stops using, leaving her at high risk of relapse.
  — Laura Hilgers, Health.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• These conditions threaten relapse, keeping alive the fantasy of a lucky roll in a high-stakes room.
  — Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• Metastatic relapse most commonly occurs in the lungs, bones, and liver.
  — Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025

relapse

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• She stayed out of trouble for a long time, but then she relapsed into her old ways.
• The country soon relapsed into chaos.
• If you don't continue your treatment, you could relapse.
• Malaria can relapse years after the original infection.
• Has Jinx relapsed in plain sight?
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 6 May 2026
• Some are sick for two weeks straight, then have a few symptom-free days, then relapse.
  — Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 27 May 2020
• And some of those people inevitably are going to relapse.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
• But then Lawrence relapsed — and in the process, got into a fight, breaking his neck.
  — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
• Herrera admits she’s relapsed at times.
  — Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2026
• Williams relapsed, failed a drug test, and served 30 months in federal prison.
  — Taylor Sisk, CBS News, 28 June 2023
• Thoughts or feelings that give your patients the urge to relapse should be identified.
  — Adnan Asar, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• While popping in to check on him one day, Khloé caught Lamar relapsing.
  — Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
• The other eight did not show an immune response and six had relapsed by 18 months.
  — Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 16 Apr. 2023
• The last night of the festival, Courtney relapsed with a smoke.
  — David Ovalle and Fenit Nirappil, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
• Jones said that social media has directly led him to relapse.
  — NBC news, 11 Mar. 2022
• But against the Hawks, the Warriors relapsed into old habits.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
• For the first time in some people’s lives, the cycle of jail to probation to relapse and back was coming to a close.
  — Beth MacY, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020
• Was this a one-time growth spurt, something that will continue, or just a one-off oddity that will relapse?
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2019
• The women taught one another how to identify and avoid things that may trigger them to relapse.
  — Hannah Phillips, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Mar. 2021
• Studies find that 85% of people relapse within a year of treatment.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 25 July 2023
• Kleber said up to 90% of them relapsed shortly after their release.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 1 Oct. 2019
• The movies tell us that alcoholics relapse in moments of tremendous anguish — a divorce, say, or the death of a child.
  — Makana Eyre, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
• Henke’s relapse and subsequent overdose would trigger one of the largest drug busts in history.
  — Matt McCarthy, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2019
• Daniel, like Tim and many others, sought help for addiction before and relapsed often.
  — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
• At one point, after Paul has relapsed, Catt comes home and catches a woman sneaking out of their house.
  — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
• That’s why this war terrifies me so much — the fear of relapsing into my old identity crisis.
  — Amir Sommer, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
• After six games of progress, the Broncos’ run defense relapsed on Sunday.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2019
• Rayya was an addict, and during the course of her dying, relapsed and became addicted to cocaine again.
  — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
• Eminem would go on to overdose, relapse, recover — and not only on his albums, in real life.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2022
• Research suggests that going off the drugs earlier than this can increase the odds of relapsing.
  — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026