Words similar to lose

Example sentences for: lose

How can you use “lose” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Because of the funding cuts, 17 people will lose their jobs, including lawyers, paralegals, management and support staff, she said.
On the one hand, prevailing wisdom among the chattering classes has it that current stock prices, especially on the Nasdaq, represent a bubble, and that the best we can hope for is for that bubble to lose slow air slowly, rather than in one giant burst.
1) "Let's not lose perspective here.
Fastenings are often laces--these never lose their cool, even after millennia--or else the kinds used for clothes and belts, most recently snaps and Velcro.
No, the problem with his analysis is not the prescriptions, nor is it his occasional failure to restrain himself in the silly jokes department ("Innocence is a lot like the air in your tires: There's not a lot you can do with it but lose it").