Losing

Examples

• The church in the thirteenth century was extending its legal power in the world, and losing its grip upon men's consciences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Miles long, and of breadth losing itself in vagueness, for all the neighbouring country crowds to see. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She could feel his body gradually relaxing a little, losing its terrifying, unnatural rigidity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A very annoying feature until recently has been the losing of the lower film loop, due to poor patching of the film, tearing of the perforations in the films, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Happily Lydgate had ended by losing in the billiard-room, and brought away no encouragement to make a raid on luck. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• More likely losing it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Barsad saw losing cards in it that Sydney Carton knew nothing of. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• On the morning of the 27th the crossing was effected with but little loss, the enemy losing thirty or forty, taken prisoners. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Can't a fellow take a little innocent amusement now and then without losing his respectability? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Lydgate's thought, when Bulstrode paused according to his wont, was, He has perhaps been losing a good deal of money. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It had, however, been a very happy one to Fanny through four dances, and she was quite grieved to be losing even a quarter of an hour. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Oh how I wish I was sure of never losing you--that you could not be able to desert me anyhow! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The heavy blow,' said the old lady, 'of losing the dear girl who has so long been my comfort and happiness. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• My whole future depended, in all probability, on my not losing possession of myself at that moment. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Then, from his losing of it, he heard Pilar say, Sordo-- Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The more's the pity, sir,' returned Mrs. Sparsit; 'you are losing all your good old habits. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It is but in losing him I can appreciate my late wonderful happiness. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• They were attacked on the 25th at Reams's Station, and after desperate fighting a part of our line gave way, losing five pieces of artillery. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Raspail and others are on the same track, and I have been losing time. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I worked very hard, never losing a day because of bad weather, and accomplished the object in a moderate way. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Slowly her features relaxed, and her eyes looked at me with their expression gaining in curiosity what it was fast losing in fear. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• This did not lead well towards the news that Mr. Garth was on the brink of losing ninety-two pounds and more. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• If we were seeking for a piece of gold, you would not imagine that we were 'knocking under to one another,' and so losing our chance of finding it. Plato. The Republic.
• Our glorious troops continue to advance without losing a foot of ground, Karkov repeated in English. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• How shall it be full and varied without losing unity of spirit? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• There is enough talk about losing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• But she was troubled by the thought that it was losing its power--she dared not go back to it too soon. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• To prove that articles can be kept and dried without losing their flavor, I had some partridges treated and dried last February twelvemonth, and I exhibit some soup made from two of these birds. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• But you called him in to attend on Fred, and I am sure that was a mercy, said Mrs. Bulstrode, losing her clew in the intricacies of the subject. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

Edited by Enrico