Still, for a hotel that had so clearly been planned down to the last detail, there were small, inexplicable lapses.

In spite of small lapses such as forgetting the extra clothes, he'd pretty well prepared for every eventuality except one.

The player who throws away an imp or two usually escapes unpunished, but once in a while a small lapse has a big impact.

And, except for a small lapse early that summer, they had been keeping company for some time.

He was more aggressive than the long-haired Spaniard in the third set and took advantage of his smallest lapses.

Whatever its small lapses, this is a magnificent "Lear."

He had then a sense of a small but noticeable lapse of time.

He was entitled to a small lapse in his old age.

Today, his small lapses ballooned into huge opportunities for St. Louis.

In the fourth quarter, the resilience of the American consumer suffered a small lapse.