How to Use loss in a Sentence

loss

noun
  • The team has an equal number of wins and losses.
  • A careless error resulted in the loss of the game.
  • The storm caused widespread loss of electricity.
  • The company's losses for the year were higher than expected.
  • The team suffered a 3–2 loss in the last game.
  • His record dropped to 2-2 with the loss.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
  • This is the loss of a daughter.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
  • That loss isn’t just sinking in now.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Does Mochi Health weight loss work?
    — Jay Sparks, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • Each loss was more shocking than the last.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
  • Towns didn’t put the loss on those stretches.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The Chiefs dropped to 2-3 with the loss.
    — Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • One was cashed at a loss of $4,200.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
  • And, in a country struck by tragedy, this loss felt close to home.
    — Liana Handler follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Of course, that one loss is to Canton.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The loss is Maryland's fourth in a row.
    — Arkansas Online, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Their two losses have been by a total of two points.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
  • Due to the loss, the Ravens now hold a 1-5 record.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The loss dropped them to 7-3 on the season.
    — Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • If so, then even worse than a year ago, no matter the won-loss ledger.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
  • That has gotten him through all of the losses.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • The real loss is for us who don't have him anymore.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Eating protein and fiber is key to weight loss.
    — Andrea Margolis , Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Dyes had just four losses on the season.
    — Nate Peterson, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
  • He was sacked three times for a total loss of 17 yards.
    — Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The turnout reflected the scope of the loss.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • My mother’s tears were never about the loss of true love.
    — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
  • His loss has left a profound void in our hearts and the lives of those who knew him.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Three draws can carry a team out of a group that two wins and a loss would not.
    — Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Stevens said the loss of Lea’e’s father hit the team hard.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026

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