Loses

Examples

• When the iron parts with its carbon it loses its fluidity and becomes plastic and coherent, and is formed into balls called _blooms_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• And the experience of each party loses in meaning, when the free interchange of varying modes of life-experience is arrested. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• That this solution has bleaching properties is shown by the fact that a colored cloth dipped into it loses its color, and unbleached fabrics immersed in it are whitened. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Spyers loses sight of him a minute as he turns a corner; shoots round; sees a little crowd; dives in; Which is the man? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• One reason for this is that the dye used to color the fabric requires a clear white background, and loses its characteristic hues when its foundation is yellow instead of white. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• A man must not be precipitate, or he runs over it; he must not rush into the opposite extreme, or he loses it altogether. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The merely practical man loses much by not knowing the backgrou nd of his activities; the mere theorist fails by mistaking the shadow for the substance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He never loses sight of common sense in any of his speculations. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Even if we do come to understand it it loses nothing of its wonder, and the last impression is very like the first. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The naturalist thus loses his best guide in determining whether to rank doubtful forms as varieties or species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Troy's fallen, and Helen dead,—so Paris loses The game which Ate's cursed fruit began. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He that idly loses five shillings' worth of time, loses five shillings, and might as prudently throw five shillings into the sea. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• John gambles dreadfully, and always loses--poor boy! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It gains in poignancy, but loses reality. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Cotton material, on the other hand, does not combine chemically with coloring matter and therefore is only faintly tinged with color, and loses this when washed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In such a manner of fighting in the dark, a man loses his blows in the air, and often places them where the enemy is not present. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• With increasing maturity, activity which does not give back results of tangible and visible achievement loses its interest. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• If unbleached muslin is used, the moist strip loses its natural yellowish hue and becomes a clear, pure white. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Because water loses heat when it freezes, the presence of large streams of water greatly influences the climate of a region. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Rather, it loses something of its mobility and sensitiveness to suggestions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Veneering loses his way in the usual No Thoroughfares of speech, and Podsnap and Twemlow say Hear hear! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Public loses interest and undergoes reaction. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Boots shows envy, loses ground, and is regarded as possessing a second-rate mind. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And suppose injustice abiding in a single person, would your wisdom say that she loses or that she retains her natural power? Plato. The Republic.
• Of course he loses? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• In such a spot death loses half its terrors, and even the inanimate dust appears to partake of the spirit of beauty which hallows this region. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The person who finally pays this tax, therefore, gains by the application more than he loses by the payment of it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• As soon as the current ceases to flow, the electromagnet loses its magnetic power and becomes merely iron and wire without magnetic attraction. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The antithesis of empiricism and rationalism loses the support of the human situation which once gave it meaning and relative justification. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Well, of course, you know a blind man never misses color because he does not know what he loses, said the lady apologetically. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

Editor: Whitney