'lose' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'lose' with 20 example sentences.
- lose verb
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: 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
lost
lose weight
lose face
lose hope
lose sight of
lose heart
lose ground
lose consciousness
lose time
lose interest
lose patience
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.