Elapse

And so it was that I found myself that foggy November evening pursuing the Camberwell tram with my heart glowing within me, and with the eager determination that not another day should elapse before I should find some deed which was worthy of my lady.

Only an hour would elapse before all the water had evaporated.

There is no telling how much time will elapse between the moment the finished product leaves the brewery premises and the actual moment of its consumption.

He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.

Several days elapsed before they met again.

The week that was yet to elapse, she spent in wandering through her uncle's favourite walks in hours of tearful vigil, beside his tomb, and in collecting together every trifle on which he had set a value.

Many years elapsed before the success of Kemp Town as a residential district was assured; the foundations of the estate were laid in 1823, but some houses remained untenanted until the 1850s.