How to Use lose the plot in a Sentence

lose the plot

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• Snell lost the plot in the sixth.
  — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
• Many of this year’s most exciting K-dramas lost the plot in their final episodes.
  — Kayti Burt, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
• The larger context is that the President seems to be losing the plot.
  — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
• As the disease tore through the population, the government lost the plot.
  — Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
• Everyone’s favorite cousin (ahem, Keke Palmer), has officially lost the plot y’all.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 6 Jan. 2026
• As Mielle enters its next phase, the Lychee & Lavender collection is proof the brand—and the woman behind it—hasn’t lost the plot.
  — Essence, 4 Mar. 2026
• Under the current vision, critics say, FedRAMP has lost the plot.
  — Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 18 Mar. 2026
• The Fable model can hold more context, reason longer and push through a refactor without losing the plot that often causes problems for so many other models.
  — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• Unlike the legend in Shakespeare’s Hamlet — whose rejection by the Prince of Denmark sparks her unraveling — this fair-haired singing socialite will not be losing the plot.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
• Some people think indulging our children’s unexpectedly sophisticated tastes is financially reckless, socially absurd, or proof that parenting culture has lost the plot.
  — Melissa Petro, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
• From Todd McLellan in 2015 to Knoblauch the last three seasons, the Oilers players have been inconsistent; the players are effective for stretches, then lose the plot in coverage defensively.
  — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 20 July 2026
• Netanyahu has ‘lost the plot’ The tensions are a sign of the growing gulf between Netanyahu and his Western allies – many of whom have become increasingly critical of Israel’s war in Gaza, which has destroyed vast swathes of the territory and led to a worsening humanitarian crisis there.
  — Pierre Bairin, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025