How to Use lose in a Sentence

lose

verb

• The team lost in the finals.
• The team lost three games but won the next four.
• How could she play that well and still lose?
• He lost his title in the rematch.
• He hates to lose when money is involved.
• Hold my hand: I don't want to lose you.
• She's always losing her gloves.
• We lost the game by a score of 4–2.
• The country lost its independence 50 years ago.
• Why would a younger generations lose steps while older people did not?
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
• Therefore, the hormonal changes that come with it can affect your ability to lose weight.
  — Women's Health, 21 Mar. 2023
• The fabric won’t lose its shape or wrinkle, ensuring that your look is high-level in any setting.
  — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2023
• In testing, these socks hugged our feet and legs with just the right amount of tightness—never too much or too little—and didn’t lose their shape during wear or washing.
  — Sarah Bradley, Health, 20 Mar. 2023
• Superhero buffs will lose their minds at the new Comic-Con Museum.
  — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 7 Mar. 2023
• This state of affairs persisted until the nineteen-nineties, when the Church began to lose its theocratic grip on the state.
  — Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• Farmers lose many billions of dollars to plant diseases each year, and emerging pathogens pose new threats to food security in the developing world.
  — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 2 Mar. 2023
• Pack Never again lose your keys, earbuds, wallet, backpack, pet, or even child with a four-pack of Apple AirTags.
  — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 20 Mar. 2023
• The Giants got the ball to begin the second half, but on just the third play, Lock lost a fumble, and Dallas took advantage.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024
• But Trump, who lost a brother to alcoholism, reportedly has strong feelings about the disease of addiction.
  — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
• Tigres finished the regular season with 34 points, winning 10 times while drawing four matches and losing three.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
• The 2024 elections seems to have marked the moment when the bottom fell out—when Democrats lost a critical mass of voters from a racially diverse cross-section of the working class.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
• That was enough for Kelsea to lose it at the end of the snippet.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2022
• The Colts lost the toss and gave up a touchdown to lose the game.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2021
• The fight seemed to spark the Leafs, who snapped a three game losing streak.
  — CBS News, 5 Jan. 2018
• Just be sure to not lose them in the racks of discount clothes!
  — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2022
• The last time the region housed more than were lost was March 2022.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
• Eleven seems to lose her powers at the end of the season.
  — Tim Stack, EW.com, 6 July 2019
• This isn’t the first time Kelce has lost it on the sidelines this year.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024
• The Wild went on to lose the Friday game to the Colorado Avalanche 3-2.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 26 Nov. 2023
• Democrats hope the first debate will be Biden’s to lose.
  — Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024