Wondering how to use Lose in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as suffer or profit.
Lose in a sentence
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Lose meaning
- To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
- To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
Synonyms of Lose
Lose vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Lose
- The main meaning on this page is: To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability. | To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability. | To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
- Useful related words include: suffer, break even, profit, turn a loss.
- Possible Dutch translations are: verliezen.
- In the example corpus, lose often appears in combinations such as: to lose, lose the, you lose.
Example sentences (20)
Lavender called it a “lose-lose situation” — on one hand, owners are going to lose money regardless, she said.
It’s sad to lose a friend, tragic to lose a son, but devastating to lose a childhood.
I was chatting about this Monday morning with a pal, a veteran sports journalist, and he rightly pointed out that coaches get fired when they lose the room and they lose the room when they lose the veterans.
The fascinating three-way trade that sent Trevor Bauer to the Reds, Franmil Reyes, Logan Allen and Yasiel Puig (and two minor leaguers) to the Indians and prospect Taylor Trammell to the Padres could end up being a win-win-win or a lose-lose-lose.
The “I win you lose” formula that dominated the region for the longest time is in the end “I lose, you lose” formula for all.
A player who calls breach but does not fulfill the conditions of breach (win/lose or lose/lose scenario) is not allowed to bid in the next round.
Newman retired from acting in May 2007, saying "You start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention.
But instead of being handed that title, he’s in a triple threat where he doesn’t even have to lose his title to lose his title.
Every team that the Bills lose to in the playoffs goes on to then lose the following game.
He can lose, Speaker McCarthy can lose four right now.
If I lose you, I will lose my world.
If they lose, they lose the timeout.
If you are trying to lose weight and have tried every fad normal diet that’s out there, Intermittent Fasting only helps you lose weight, but also brings you a fortune of health benefits.
I’m not saying we’re happy to lose games – we’re obviously disappointed after every game we lose, even draws to a certain extent.
In between the sticks they lose Zack Steffen but welcome back Swindon Player of the Year Sol Brynn and finally in midfield lose Alex Mowatt, but welcome back Sierra Leone international Kamil Conteh.
Members who could lose their Metis citizenship status could lose out on rights and benefits such as federal funding dispersed amongst members by Metis nations, she said.
Not only do you lose a couple of jobs but you also lose a revenue stream.
So, WE have nothing to lose, yet WE have everything to lose if WE don’t stop this war machine.
That would be a “lose/lose” situation.
The only way they can make this a reality is if they defeat the Commanders, the Eagles lose to the Giants, and the 49ers lose to the Cardinals.
Common combinations with lose
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to lose 81×
- lose the 28×
- you lose 22×
- lose their 19×
- lose his 16×
- lose to 13×
- will lose 12×
- we lose 12×
- and lose 12×
- they lose 10×