LOSE in a Sentence

Learn LOSE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
396 example sentences for LOSE, such as:
1. For, win or lose, we lose just the same.
2. Better ask twice than lose you way once.
3. I always lose at cards, with my bad luck.
4. But when we lose a man, he can't be replaced.
5. And Johnston can't afford to lose a single man.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of LOSE
lose
 v.  place (something) where one cannot find it again
 v.  fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But Gerald had known poverty, and he could never learn to lose money with good humor or good grace.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  "That's all you know," said Scarlett, putting out her tongue and refusing to lose her good humor.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  For, win or lose, we lose just the same.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  If only he would ever lose his temper too, then she would not feel at such a disadvantage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  But when we lose a man, he can't be replaced.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  My child, Sherman has twice as many men as Johnston, and he can afford to lose two men for every one of our gallant laddies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  And Johnston can't afford to lose a single man.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  They had suffered heavy losses but they could afford to lose.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
9  It took me three days to get there, through the swamps and the Indians, and afterward they thought I'd lose my mind.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  She had nothing to lose and her mind was made up.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  He knows how things really are but then Will never had anything much to lose.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
12  She was going to lose everything she had, while Sue-- Suddenly a determination was born in her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
13  He was so thin skinned he'd rather lose the money than be businesslike about collecting it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
14  And her temper grew shorter and shorter as the weeks went by, for every dollar she saved would be just one more dollar to lose if disaster descended.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
15  If a girl couldn't keep a beau, she deserved to lose him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
Example Sentence: (186 in 13 pages)
1  We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
2  You become so deeply absorbed in an activity that you lose track of time.
3  Within you i lose myself,without you i find myself wanting to be lost again.
4  The fans booed when it became clear that their football team would lose again.
5  I always lose at cards, with my bad luck.
6  I am about to lose my mind,You have been gone for so long.
7  It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.
8  In the animal kingdom intruders usually lose contests over territories.
9  This diet is suited to anyone who wants to lose weight fast.
10  Anyone who gambles on the stock exchange has to be prepared to lose money.
11  Better ask twice than lose you way once.
12  The things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.
13  A moment's indecision when you've got the ball and you could lose the game.
14  They were afraid of risking failure because they didn't want to lose face.
15  Pin the pictures together so you don't lose them.