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'lose' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'lose' with 20 example sentences.


lose verb

: fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

: fail to win

: suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

: miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

: allow to go out of sight or mind

: fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

: fail to get or obtain

: fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

: withdraw, as from reality

: be set at a disadvantage


  • I want to lose a bit of weight.
  • He seems to have lost his patience.
  • You've lost some weight, haven't you?
  • We got lost in the cave.
  • Did you lose consciousness after the accident?
  • He lost his son in a car accident.
  • For some reason, we seem to be losing customers.
  • He almost lost his balance.
  • I lost someone very important to me.
  • A friend is hard to find and easy to lose.
  • It's as if we had lost our identity.
  • I've lost my credit card.
  • She says she wants to lose weight.
  • They had nothing to lose.
  • They lost the key to their hotel room.
  • I really don't like to lose.
  • Everyone thought we were going to lose.
  • Is there a chance that we'll lose our jobs?
  • Slowly but surely English is losing importance in Europe.
  • He lost a fortune in the stock market.
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