How to Use loss of life in a Sentence

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  • The past three weeks have seen a loss of life on a horrific scale.
    Salam Fayyad, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Our prayers go out to all those working to stop further loss of life.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Any loss of life is a profound tragedy, and our thoughts are with all those affected.
    Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The camera knows when to linger and when to cut away when showing the carnage and loss of life.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Ineptitude like this could lead to loss of life in the future.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023
  • With loss of life and property, taxes may be far down the list of worries.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • First, there is the immediate loss of life and of equipment on the bridge.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Details of the loss of life trickled in slowly as the news spread across the country.
    Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Any loss of life is a tragic event, especially in a place that's holy ground.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The loss of this bridge, beyond the tragic loss of life, is going to be felt for many months if not years.
    CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • No loss of life so far, a few serious injuries, but don’t take this storm lightly.
    Kate Perez, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
  • One man had heard that the Queen Mary sank off Boston, with great loss of life.
    Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Tsunamis have caused loss of life with severe floods, erosion, and structural damage.
    George Petras, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Due to the tragic loss of life, evidence recovery is now part of the process.
    ABC News, 7 July 2025
  • The war footage shows the destruction and loss of life and limb in close proximity.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
  • We are deeply saddened by the loss of life and are working together to respond to this tragedy.
    Alexandria Brown, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2022
  • And yet, the most serious charge connected to that loss of life has now been removed from the case.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The potential loss of life prompted action around the world at three levels.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
  • With so many close calls being reported, at some point one or two mistakes will result in the loss of life.
    Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The tragedy marked the largest loss of life within the department since 1857.
    Alexandra Koch , Bill Melugin , Alexandria Hernandez, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025
  • Our leaders have a duty to make every effort to prevent any further loss of life.
    Derek Tran, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Millions in property and firefighting is lost due to overgrowth as well as the loss of life.
    Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Any effort to downplay or dismiss such loss of life is as big a lie as the one that fueled the riot in the first place.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 May 2024
  • But limiting destruction and the loss of lives is only part of the story.
    Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Three thousand and two hundred of them ended with serious injuries or loss of life.
    Carol Thompson, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
  • My understanding is that so far, there’s been no loss of life, which is, of course, the most important thing.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 July 2025
  • Any loss of life is tragic, and my condolences are with the victim’s family.
    Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Their work, of course, will aim to prevent more loss of life as the US gun violence scourge drags on.
    Ryan Young, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The two storms not only caused severe flooding but also loss of life, officials said.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
  • But not Russia, where Putin has little regard for the loss of life on either side.
    Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024

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