LOSS in a Sentence
Learn LOSS 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.
361 example sentences for LOSS, such as:
1. She was at a loss for an answer.
2. The animal was weak through loss of blood.
3. We apologize for the temporary loss of vision.
4. For the moment even Napoleon seemed at a loss.
5. It causes blindness or serious loss of vision.
2. The animal was weak through loss of blood.
3. We apologize for the temporary loss of vision.
4. For the moment even Napoleon seemed at a loss.
5. It causes blindness or serious loss of vision.
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Meanings and Examples of LOSS
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loss
n. the act of losing someone or something
n. the disadvantage that results from losing something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 We are at a loss as to how he came into the empty house; indeed, the whole affair is a puzzler.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2 After leaving the house he discovered his loss and hurried back, but found the police already in possession, owing to his own folly in leaving the candle burning.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
3 His face and hands were terribly mangled by his passage through the glass, but loss of blood had no effect in diminishing his resistance.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
4 John Ferrier's heart was sore within him when he thought of the young man's return, and of the impending loss of his adopted child.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
5 For the moment even Napoleon seemed at a loss.
6 I next drew up that will to which you so much objected; so that if anything befell me in the person of Dr. Jekyll, I could enter on that of Edward Hyde without pecuniary loss.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
7 He spoke in a subdued and troubled voice, very different from his usual dictatorial manner; and was often at a loss for words.
8 The opinions which she felt strongly, she avowed boldly; and Cedric, who could not free himself from his habitual deference to her opinions, felt totally at a loss how to enforce his authority of guardian.
9 The knights heard this uncommon document read from end to end, and then gazed upon each other in silent amazement, as being utterly at a loss to know what it could portend.
10 When Ivanhoe reached the habitation of Isaac, he was still in a state of unconsciousness, owing to the profuse loss of blood which had taken place during his exertions in the lists.
11 The whizzing of shafts and of missiles, on both sides, was only interrupted by the shouts which arose when either side inflicted or sustained some notable loss.
12 She was at a loss for an answer.
13 She resisted it as far as she could, for it was the loss of herself to herself.
14 As it drew out and left her body, the secret, sensitive thing, she gave an unconscious cry of pure loss, and she tried to put it back.
15 The two girls were more at a loss from being younger and in greater awe of their father, who addressed them on the occasion with rather an injudicious particularity.
Example Sentence: (151 in 11 pages)
1 Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
2 The club does not accept responsibility for loss of or damage to club members' personal property.
3 The animal was weak through loss of blood.
4 Isetan will announce details on the loss by May, when it reports earnings for the fiscal year ending in March.
5 She wouldn't be able to attend the lecture, which was no great loss.
6 No bank would be willing to underwrite such a loss.
7 We can exclude the possibility of total loss from our calculations.
8 Some neck injuries cause total loss of mobility below the point of injury.
9 The car was so badly damaged that it had to be abandoned as a total loss.
10 It is anger that is repressed that leads to violence and loss of control.
11 She suffered temporary loss of vision after being struck on the head.
12 It causes blindness or serious loss of vision.
13 We apologize for the temporary loss of vision.
14 Wait until you lose no loss to know what lives in retaliation.
15 The loss of my watch meant that I had to buy a new one.