8 example sentences using lost.
Lost used in a sentence
Lost in a sentence as a noun
I lost hope in this President in December, when he failed to stand by us and the vote.
I lost my Adsense account two years ago, due to valid violations.
A glass of water can be worth more than the New York Times if Zuckerberg is lost in the desert and you happen to have water.
But nothing compared to the lost goodwill for Airbnb, YC, the startup community, and the "new order" in general.
Lost in a sentence as an adjective
He wakes up and the Tesla has lost 5 miles of range inexplicably -- but it therefore has become 45 miles, which looks totally different.
He calls them up complaining that the Tesla lost half of its charge overnight and some sympathetic tech support describes it as a "software glitch.
It doesn't matter that the app you lost was the testing instance of a status dashboard with no real data in it, because the exploit coughs up shell access on that server.
Numerous edge cases that would have been lost in high-level review were caught and integrated from day 1 due to my actually watching people do the job for a day or two per department.
Lost definitions
people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
See also: doomed
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities"
having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"
See also: confused disoriented
spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon"
not gained or won; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize"
incapable of being recovered or regained; "his lost honor"
not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din"
See also: missed
deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"
See also: bemused preoccupied
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
unable to function; without help
See also: helpless