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01. She [lost] her purse somewhere and can't find it.
02. We [lost] the game 2-1.
03. If we [lose] this next game, we will be out of the tournament.
04. He always [loses] his arguments with the boss so I don't know why he even tries.
05. I'm tired of cheering for a [losing] team. Why can't we win just one championship?
06. You're such a [loser]. No girl would ever want to go out with you.
07. The United States has never really recovered from the shock of [losing] the war in Vietnam.
08. I think I [lost] my keys when I was getting out of the car.
09. She has [lost] her job and is having difficulty paying her rent.
10. After he got fired, they were afraid they would [lose] their home.
11. Paul [lost] his driver's licence for a year for driving while drunk.
12. She [lost] all trust in her husband after he had an affair with a co-worker.
13. My dad [lost] his hearing after working amid the noise on the ships all his life.
14. The young boy [lost] a lot of blood after cutting his head open.
15. She [lost] over 10 pounds in the first three months of her diet.
16. Over 200 people [lost] their life in the plane crash.
17. The young child [lost] a leg when she was hit by a train.
18. My grandmother [lost] two brothers in the war.
19. We are [losing] valuable time. We need to get busy on this.
20. The company is [losing] money and something has to be done or it will be in serious trouble.
21. Male monkeys often [lose] hair on their heads as they get older.
22. During a race, horses often [lose] 15-20 pounds of body weight.
23. Fifty men were [lost] when the ship sank.
24. The [loser] of this next match will be out.
25. The closing of the factory resulted in the [loss] of over 300 jobs.
26. It took him years to get over the [loss] of his little dog.
27. He wears a hat all the time to hide his hair [loss].
28. Enemy [losses] as a result of the battle are said to be quite high.
29. His retirement is a great [loss] to this company.
30. The company has suffered a [loss] of a quarter of a million dollars this year.
31. The old woman died from a [loss] of blood following the car accident.
32. I was [lost] and had to get help from a policeman to find my way home.
33. Grandpa has [lost] his memory and doesn't know who any of us are.
34. I've been [losing] a lot of sleep lately worrying about [losing] my job.
35. The old woman [lost] her husband last year.
36. I tried to read the book but [lost] interested after the first couple of chapters.
37. The party is expected to choose a new leader after [losing] the election.
38. An Arab proverb notes that war is a disaster for winner and [loser] alike.
39. A Basque proverb suggests that there is never trust without [loss].
40. A Chinese proverb advises, count not what is [lost] but what is left.
41. Alfred, Lord Tennyson once noted that 'tis better to have loved and [lost] than never to have loved at all.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • lose — W1S1 [lu:z] v past tense and past participle lost [lɔst US lo:st] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stop having attitude/quality etc)¦ 2¦(not win)¦ 3¦(cannot find something)¦ 4¦(stop having something)¦ 5¦(death)¦ 6¦(money)¦ 7 have nothing to lose 8¦(time)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • lose — [ luz ] (past tense and past participle lost [ lɔst ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop having something ▸ 2 be unable to find ▸ 3 not win ▸ 4 have less than before ▸ 5 when someone dies ▸ 6 no longer see/hear etc. ▸ 7 not have body part ▸ 8 stop having… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • lose — [luːz] verb lost PTandPP [lɒst ǁ lɒːst] losing PRESPART [transitive] 1. to stop having something any more, or to have less of it: • The industry has lost 60,000 jobs. • After a boardroom battle, Dixon lost control of the company …   Financial and business terms

  • Lose — (l[=oo]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lost} (l[o^]st; 115) p. pr. & vb. n. {Losing} (l[=oo]z [i^]ng).] [OE. losien to loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian to become loose; akin to OE. leosen to lose, p. p. loren, lorn, AS. le[ o]san, p. p. loren (in comp.) …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lose — [lo͞oz] vt. lost, losing [ME losen, lesen, merging OE losian, to lose, be lost (< los, LOSS) + leosan, to lose, akin to OHG (vir)liosan, Goth (fra)liusan < IE base * leu , to cut off, separate > Gr lyein, to dissolve; L luere, to loose,… …   English World dictionary

  • lose — ► VERB (past and past part. lost) 1) be deprived of or cease to have or retain. 2) become unable to find. 3) fail to win. 4) earn less (money) than one is spending. 5) waste or fail to take advantage of. 6) ( …   English terms dictionary

  • Lose — Lose, r, ste, adj. et adv. welches die Bedeutungen der Wörter los, leicht und liederlich in sich zu vereinigen scheinet. Es bedeutet, 1. In mehr eigentlichem Verstande. 1) * Nicht die gehörige Festigkeit habend, in welcher aber los ohne e… …   Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • lose — (v.) O.E. losian be lost, perish, from los destruction, loss, from P.Gmc. *lausa (Cf. O.N. los the breaking up of an army; O.E. forleosan to lose, O.Fris. forliasa, O.S. farliosan, M.Du. verliesen, O.H.G. firliosan, Ger. verlieren …   Etymology dictionary

  • lose — lüz vt, lost lȯst; los·ing 1) to become deprived of or lacking in <lose consciousness> <lost her sense of smell> also to part with in an unforeseen or accidental manner <lose a leg in an auto crash> 2 a) to suffer deprivation… …   Medical dictionary

  • loše — lȍše pril. <komp. gȍrē> DEFINICIJA slabo, krivo, zlo, nevaljalo, pokvareno [loše mi ide; nije loše u dijaloškoj situaciji kao odgovor: vrlo dobro, odlično, bolje od očekivanoga; loše postupati; stvari stoje loše] ETIMOLOGIJA vidi loš …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • lose — [v1] be deprived of; mislay be careless, become poorer, be impoverished, bereave, be reduced, capitulate, consume, default, deplete, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, drain, drop, exhaust, expend, fail, fail to keep, fall short …   New thesaurus

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