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.
  • The right seems to be lost now.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Who gets in the race and wants to lose?
    — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
  • Yeah, that’s been lost, which is strange.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The Kings have lost six straight at home.
    — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The world has lost an amazing man.
    — Ethan Joyce, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The tri-state area is tired of losing.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In cancer care, time lost is life lost.
    — Alex Mejia Garcia, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Voight's trying not to lose it.
    — EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • And look, this is about losing lives.
    — ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The Huskies have lost two of their last four games.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Don't lose a single adorable pound.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • The irony wasn’t lost on anyone.
    — Pan Pylas, Fortune, 13 May 2026
  • There, it was lost beyond radar range.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 22 Feb. 2026
  • People felt lucky to have jobs and did not want to lose them.
    — Naz Beheshti, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Just be sure to not lose them in the racks of discount clothes!
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2022
  • You can get caught up and lose your sense of patience at times.
    — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • Some people just feel tired and lose their sense of taste and smell.
    — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Some people just feel tired and lose their sense of taste and smell.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The children lost their home and so did I.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 3 June 2026
  • Some people lose their sense of smell and taste for weeks or even months.
    — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The Bruins have lost five of their last eight.
    — CBS News, 9 Mar. 2026

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