lost - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • have: You 've Lost that Loving Feeling Jenny Dowling, alias Scrooge Has Christmas lost its sparkle for you?

Modifying Another Word

  • so: It was like my God shutting a door on me, I have never felt so lost, due to my own selfish actions.
  • not: Part Five: A Soul Not Lost She lay there with her eyes closed, lifeless, but she wasn't dead.

Modifies a noun

  • soul: Lost Souls, is a modern horror movie which has all the elements of the classic moments.
  • innocence: Shame here is pictured as a moment of lost innocence.
  • revenue: Lost revenue on stolen goods Remember - the first cost of fraud is the lost revenue on stolen goods.
  • productivity: There are costs from lost productivity - 50 million working days lost due to tobacco related illness.
  • sinner: The footnote below gives more examples of lost sinners that were saved by Jesus.
  • tribe: These are what are commonly called the ten lost tribes.

Used with adjective complement

  • get: Signing & Getting lost: Signing for cycle routes in the UK is dreadful.
  • feel: It was like my God shutting a door on me, I have never felt so lost, due to my own selfish actions.
  • seem: A battle ensues which Buffy is clearly losing, but as all seems lost Giles appears to stop Willow.
  • reduce: This reduces stress on the plant and therefore reduces lost growing time and greatly reduces the risk of losing plants after propagation.

Preposition: in

  • translation: The first film to be broadcast free-to-air will be Lost in Translation.

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