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.
• Just be sure to not lose them in the racks of discount clothes!
  — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2022
• Eleven seems to lose her powers at the end of the season.
  — Tim Stack, EW.com, 6 July 2019
• 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
• And the lesser the impact if those at the bottom lose theirs.
  — Scott Burns, Star Tribune, 17 Oct. 2020
• Hate to lose him but going to wish him the best of success.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 19 Mar. 2022
• People felt lucky to have jobs and did not want to lose them.
  — Naz Beheshti, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
• That this man did not deserve to lose his life in that way.
  — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 22 June 2020
• Some people just feel tired and lose their sense of taste and smell.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• You can get caught up and lose your sense of patience at times.
  — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
• Which is the next food stuff to lose its base and go vertical?
  — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
• The fight seemed to spark the Leafs, who snapped a three game losing streak.
  — CBS News, 5 Jan. 2018
• Want to lose weight, feel calmer, or cross the finish line of a marathon?
  — Jazmine Polk, Health.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• That means the Rams will lose four of their six top players.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2022
• Some get caught in the scams for months or years and lose thousands of dollars.
  — Nedra Rhone, ajc, 23 Mar. 2022
• Phoenix has to lose at some point, so why not to the team that no one else can beat.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2021
• Some people lose their sense of smell and taste for weeks or even months.
  — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• This isn’t the first time Kelce has lost it on the sidelines this year.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024
• Democrats hope the first debate will be Biden’s to lose.
  — Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2020
• These are very easy to lose in tall grass or leaf litter in the forest.
  — Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• One of them was a mom who had lost two sons in one night to overdoses.
  — Tammy Baldwin, Glamour, 11 May 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024