He also occasionally lapsed into corporatese, using "dialogue" as a verb and mentioning his "skill set."

Voluble in Spanish, the actress occasionally lapsed into English.

She had gone to high school but not to college; her grammar lapsed occasionally.

Even after Reverend Mothers overheard and reprimanded them, they occasionally lapsed into error if only for the amusement.

Hyde's phrasing can also be troublesome, occasionally lapsing into an irritating shorthand.

She even occasionally lapsed into a pronounced drawl, as in talking to "mah friends."

He occasionally lapsed into moralization and aphorism.

Paine also occasionally lapses into prose worthy of a romance novel.

The purser translated, when he lapsed occasionally into French.

Although the film diligently pitches itself on a higher level than the typical disease-of-the-week television movie, it occasionally lapses into sentimentality.