LOSE in a Sentence

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For LOSE, below is one of 396 sentences:
My child, Sherman has twice as many men as Johnston, and he can afford to lose two men for every one of our gallant laddies.

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 Meanings and Examples of LOSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lose
 v.  fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of
 v.  fail to win
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But Gerald had known poverty, and he could never learn to lose money with good humor or good grace.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  "That's all you know," said Scarlett, putting out her tongue and refusing to lose her good humor.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  For, win or lose, we lose just the same.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  If only he would ever lose his temper too, then she would not feel at such a disadvantage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  But when we lose a man, he can't be replaced.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  My child, Sherman has twice as many men as Johnston, and he can afford to lose two men for every one of our gallant laddies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  And Johnston can't afford to lose a single man.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  They had suffered heavy losses but they could afford to lose.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
9  It took me three days to get there, through the swamps and the Indians, and afterward they thought I'd lose my mind.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  She had nothing to lose and her mind was made up.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  He knows how things really are but then Will never had anything much to lose.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
12  She was going to lose everything she had, while Sue-- Suddenly a determination was born in her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
13  He was so thin skinned he'd rather lose the money than be businesslike about collecting it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
14  And her temper grew shorter and shorter as the weeks went by, for every dollar she saved would be just one more dollar to lose if disaster descended.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
15  If a girl couldn't keep a beau, she deserved to lose him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
Example Sentence: (186 in 13 pages)
16  We speak Danish at home so that the boys don't lose touch with their language and culture.
17  In my job one tends to lose touch with friends.
18  Unless you are trying to lose weight to please yourself, it's going to be tough to keep your motivation level high.
19  Without more training or advanced technical skills, they'll lose their jobs.
20  It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
21  Wait until you lose no loss to know what lives in retaliation.
22  Love you, think of you, love you secretly, eagerly love you, wait, feel disappointed, try hard, lose, and feel sad, go apart, and recall.
23  You may take several months to reach your target weight - it depends how much you want to lose.
24  A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.
25  What we lose in hake we shall have in herring.
26  We lose in hake, but gain in herring.
27  By gambling we lose both time and treasure, two things most precious to the life of man.
28  It was a bit insensitive of Fiona to go on so much about fat people when she knows Mandy is desperate to lose weight.
29  I never seem to lose any weight, no matter how hard I try.
30  I'm trying to lose weight so I have to steer clear of fattening foods.