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Sentences ending with loss

He has saved your administration and the island from defeat and horrible loss. [11]
I am afraid you deserve your loss. [5]
I know you would not be happy when you heard that we were crying for your loss. [12]
With me, as with yourself, the long struggle has been one of great pecuniary loss. [7]
Our holy church will sustain no loss. [10]
If not, it will be your own loss. [10]
It was a whole day before Jean Jacques discovered his loss. [11]
The storm subsided toward daybreak, and I dozed gradually to sleep with a sense of obligation to Lem Hackett for going to eternal suffering in that abrupt way, and thus preventing a far more dreadful disaster--my own loss. [5]
Charge it up to profit and loss. [5]
He also confesses to heavy loss. [7]

Short sentences using loss

He had suffered no loss. [5]
Yet not all loss. [5]
Never mind this loss. [12]
Well, that's loss. [5]
Boer loss, "trifling. [5]

Sentences containing loss two or more times

More than a year of trial now shows no loss by it in our foreign relations, none in our home popular sentiment, none in our white military force, no loss by it any how, or anywhere. [7]
By stopping here we had the misfortune to lose our excursion, a loss that was soothed by no know ledge of its destination or hope of seeing it again, and a loss without a hope is nearly always painful. [4]
And not only that, but uses the forgery to double the loss of corn at "Bassett's Creek," and uses it again to absolutely treble the loss of corn on the "Alabama River. [5]
He alone said that the loss of Moscow is not the loss of Russia. [2]
We are not dissatisfied with this, only that the loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends. [7]
Well, when they build eighty stations at a loss and a lot of palace-stations and clocks like Maryborough's at another loss, the government has got to economize somewhere hasn't it? [5]
In the 4 battles named above, the Boer loss, so far as known, was an average of 6 men per battle, to the British average loss of 175. [5]
In the 4 battles fought in 1881 and the two fought by Jameson, the British loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners, was substantially 1,300 men; the Boer loss, as far as is ascertainable, eras about 30 men. [5]

More example sentences with the word loss in them

True, he had yielded reluctantly to this arrangement of his parents' old friend, and neither she nor Daphne had hitherto succeeded in soothing the fierce resentment against fate which filled his soul after the loss of his sight and his dearest friend. [10]
She had not yet learned to use the word patronize in the social sense, and she was at a loss to describe the attitude of Mrs. Duncan and her daughter, though her instinct had registered it. [9]
And beneath this wrath, stimulating and energizing it the more, was the ache in his soul from the loss for which he held these enemies responsible. [9]
This she hoped would repay Didymus for the injury which, to her deep regret, had been inflicted upon him, and at least partially repair the loss sustained by the former library of the museum during the conflagration in the Bruchium. [10]
I'm beginning to worry about more than the loss of a herd of cattle. [13]
The feminine society world welcomed him gladly, because he was rich, distinguished, a good match, and almost a newcomer, with a halo of romance on account of his supposed death and the tragic loss of his wife. [2]
It was opened without loss of time. [12]
If he left without discovering his loss, and got well on his way, and discovered it then, it would be too late. [11]
The expedition of Winthrop was scattered by a storm, and reached Salem with the loss of threescore dead and many sick, to find as many of the colony dead, and all disconsolate. [4]
The loss, over which Biberli shook his head angrily, did, not trouble him. [10]
The loss of what we possess nearest and dearest to us in this world, produces an effect upon the character we search out what we have yet left that can support, and, when found, we cling to it with a hold of new-strung tenacity. [14]
In a word, what loss have you suffered by it? [5]
The public buildings were heavily draped, and even the homes of the very poor bore outward marks of grief at the loss of their friend and fellow-townsman. [6]
Mingled with it were emotions he himself did not understand, caused by the unwonted sight of her loss of self-control, of her anger, and despair. [9]
I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. [7]
Under this pressure We thinned the line on the upper Potomac, until yesterday it was broken with heavy loss to us, and General Banks put in great peril, out of which he is not yet extricated, and may be actually captured. [7]
The unmentioned fact was that Jack had taken a little flier in Oshkosh, and a hint from Henderson one evening at the Union, when the venture looked squally, had let him out of a heavy loss into a small profit, and Jack felt grateful. [4]
Damase Evanturel's mind was stirred concerning the loss of the iron cross; the threat made by Filion Lacasse and his companions troubled him. [11]
Although our author was somewhat far advanced, and Mr. Prescott had not yet collected his materials, Irving renounced the glorious theme in such a manner that Prescott never suspected the pain and loss it cost him, nor the full extent of his own obligation. [4]
The sun above was smothered; the earth beneath was trackless; the compass stood for loss all round. [11]
And now it was he who, for the first time, seemed to be at a loss to express himself. [9]
In truth I was at a loss to understand his attitude until the day in June my grandfather and I went to Carvel Hall. [9]
It was a violation of both law and the sacred obligations of honor, to overthrow and trample under foot a solemn compromise, obtained by the fearful loss to freedom of one of the fairest of our Western domains. [7]
Ye give a value for all loss in age, When feebled eyes search for forgotten springs; Ye fan the breeze that turns the moulded page, And carry back the soul to ardent things. [11]
There was with us a profound sense of loss and sorrow, due partly to the growing knowledge, not pleasing to our vanity, that Margaret could get on very well without us, that we were not necessary to her life. [4]
We of the United States lead the world in beautiful paper-money; and when I exchanged my crisp, handsome greenbacks for the dirty, flimsy, ill-executed notes of the Dominion, at a dead loss of value, I could not be reconciled to the transaction. [4]
Throughout the long twelve hundred miles there was never a page that was void of interest, never one that you could leave unread without loss, never one that you would want to skip, thinking you could find higher enjoyment in some other thing. [5]
Langmaid, if the truth be told, found himself for the moment in the unusual predicament of being at a loss, for the rector had put forward with more or less precision the very cynical view which he himself had been clever enough to evolve. [9]
Everybody was pitying Tom, he looked so quiet and sorrowful, and seemed to feel his great loss so deeply. [5]
It seems odd to write that he is not responsible, since he never has been,--his condition is so queer that I am at a loss to describe it. [9]
They all got to work without loss of time, and very busy they were. [12]
Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you. [7]
Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions, as to terms of intercourse, are again upon you. [7]
Evil tidings-which, owing to the loss of time involved, might prove fatal. [10]
Was it reasonable to suppose that society should notice that one woman's heart was full of foreboding, heavy with a sense of loss and defeat, and with the ruin of two lives? [4]
I don't mean to say you're not intelligent, but I'm at a loss where to begin with you. [9]
And it came to pass that when they had all fallen by the sword, save it were Coriantumr and Shiz, behold Shiz had fainted with loss of blood. [5]
And it came to pass that they fought for the space of three hours, and they fainted with the loss of blood. [5]
Nitetis soon began to look upon the blind queen as a beloved and loving mother, and the merry, spirited Atossa nearly made up to her for the loss of her sister Tachot, so far away on the distant Nile. [10]
This was difficult to imagine, since in that case the accused would have given himself the loss, and the Church the advantage. [10]
And it was to Honora, after church was over and they were walking homeward together along the dusty road, that Mr. Spence remarked by way of a delicate compliment that "the morning had not been a total loss, after all! [9]
Yet she seemed to have become reconciled to his loss, and rather to have a deep feeling of gratitude that she had been permitted to care for him in his last weary days. [6]
The military failed to find the French, but made good their return to Prussia without the loss of a single man. [5]
If he has to do so, he gives his life with a stony sense of loss which has none of the composure of those who have solace in thinking that what they leave behind has a constantly decreasing value. [11]
True, in order to bring about this wholesome change, Slade had to kill several men--some say three, others say four, and others six--but the world was the richer for their loss. [5]
He was considered to be a great loss, but I never could see it. [5]
It was according to Amajuba precedent, where the British loss was 226 out of about 400 engaged. [5]
She felt very tired, and the loss of her pretty jug, which must also be replaced by another, vexed her far more than the beauty of the favorite had charmed her. [10]
From time to time he was aware of the grey-green eyes curiously fixed on him, and at a loss to account for their expression. [9]
This was the time at which the "notes" of any who were in affliction from loss of friends, the sick who were doubtful of recovery, those who had cause to be grateful for preservation of life or other signal blessing, were wont to be read. [6]
She had passed through hours of torment; for her concern about Melissa, who had become very dear to her, had given her much more anxiety than even the loss of her beloved picture. [10]
The joys that thrill, the ill that thralls, Pressed down on heart and brain- These are the only horologues, The Age's loss or gain. [11]
Frau Traut was threatened, too, with another loss. [10]
Now Egypt was threatened with the loss of the laborers and builders she so greatly needed, but Rui believed that they might be won back. [10]
It was as though she placed herself within the danger zone to try her strength, her will; and she had done it without real loss. [11]
So Fastolfe yielded, though he said they were now risking the loss of everything which the English had gained by so many years' work and so many hard knocks. [5]
He shaved through this financial crisis, in spite of the blow he had received by the loss of his lawsuits, the flitting of his cousin, Auguste Charron, and the farm debts of this same cousin. [11]
Granvelle protested that this act of indulgence weighed heavily upon him also; but at that time a refusal would have occasioned a new war, which, according to human judgment, would have resulted in loss and the establishment of heresy in the Netherlands. [10]
We have so thinned our line to get troops for other places that it was broken yesterday at Front Royal, with a probable loss to us of one regiment infantry, two Companies cavalry, putting General Banks in some peril. [7]
Well, you are thinking of my loss or gain, and that I can not but praise. [10]
But in going they had left behind in real estate and other things good compensation for their loss. [11]
The number of these persons is so great that if they were suffered to indulge their prejudice against every-day duties and labors, it would be a serious loss to the productive industry of the country. [6]
If this occurs, there will be great loss of life. [5]
The information was then given of the loss, and that the rider had met David Thomas just before it was discovered, on the mountain beyond the Toe. [4]
The misery and the tyranny and the unrequited love were all behind her, the disillusion and the loss and the undeserved insult to her womanhood--all, all were sunk away into the unredeemable past. [11]
He remembered now the sickly, pungent air that floated past, and how Valmond, weak from the loss of blood in the fight at the smithy, shuddered, and drew his cloak about him. [11]
The loss of the Seigneury had therefore cut deep, but there had been a more hateful affront still. [11]
The habitues of the place, year after year, are at a loss for words to convey their peaceful satisfaction. [4]
Leonard Dickinson was the most moved of the three; but they were all distressed, and showed it--even Tallant, whom I had never credited with any feelings; they spoke about the loss to the state. [9]
She had seen the moisture sparkling in his eyes; but his tears were not for the Persian, but for the mysterious something--he himself knew not what to call it--that he had forfeited in this last hour, and of which the loss gave him unspeakable pain. [10]
In compensation for the loss of the lower tusks as weapons of offence, those in the upper jaw, which always project a little laterally, increase in old age so much in length and curve so much upwards that they can be used for attack. [1]
In ancient history the loss of the conquered is always far greater than that of the conquerors. [10]
To her father the loss of his house, nay, perhaps of his wealth, would seem almost unendurable, yet even were he beggared, provision was made for him and his daughter. [10]
Should he risk the loss of her by timidity? [4]
In spite of the loss of blood and his pitiable condition, a whimsical expression came to his eyes. [11]
The character of the illness, and the natural exhaustion of her strength by suffering, lessened the shock of her death, though not the loss, to those who survived her. [6]
He heard that the fifty had been set upon by three hundred Indians, and, after a sharp skirmish and the loss of one man, had taken boats and gone to a small island near Hatorask, and afterwards had departed no one knew whither. [4]
The confidence of the few believers in this delusion will never survive the loss of friends who may die of any acute disease, under a treatment such as that prescribed by Homoeopathy. [3]
As to conducting the draft by townships, I find it would require such a waste of labor already done, and such an additional amount of it, and such a loss of time, as to make it, I fear, inadmissible. [7]
In gliding over the deep blue sea studded with lovely islets luxuriant to the water's edge, one is at a loss which scene to choose for contemplation and to admire most. [5]
So long as the dairy farm exists, doubtless there must be every facility for getting water in abundance; but the loss of the well-sweep cannot be made up to us even if our milk were diluted to twice its present attenuation. [6]
In such case the carrying is demonstrably a dead loss of labor. [7]
He said to the captain that if the fire would give him time to reach a sand bar, some distance away, all could be saved, but that to land against the bluff bank of the river would be to insure the loss of many lives. [5]
The gun which the Boers had not dared to issue forth and take, which the British could not rescue without heavy loss while the battle was at its height--he would ride it over the hills into the Boers' camp. [11]
We knew that the body and the clothing were there for identification by friends, but still we wondered if anybody could love that repulsive object or grieve for its loss. [5]
Even supposing that the bird is not killed, the loss of blood suffered by an undubbed cock is much greater than that sustained by one that has been trimmed. [1]
It seemed strange that, in the midst of such great events, the loss or keeping of an empire, these men should thus devote the few hours granted them for sleep; but they did according to their natures. [11]
He was anxious that they should leave the house without a minute's loss of time, and was soon ready. [12]
Was it true that the Eysvogel firm had been placed in a very critical situation by the loss of great trains of merchandise? [10]
So I suppose that loss of consciousness is not death. [6]
Out of all that Fate had to give of sorrow and loss, this one delectable moment, no matter what came after. [11]
When I had sufficiently recovered from that loss, I became involved in ruin. [4]
Vance did not suffer a like loss in him. [8]
If he died suddenly, as his father had died, a handful of people would sorrow with excess of feeling, and the growing world of his patrons would lament his loss. [11]
In America we succeeded in eliminating hereditary power, in obtaining a large measure of political liberty, only to see the rise of an economic power, and the consequent loss of economic liberty. [9]
Is there some subtle sense of exquisite satisfaction in snatching the sweet moments of life out of the very delirium of it, that must soon end in an awakening to bankruptcy of the affections, and the dreadful loss of illusions? [4]
By doing some strong backing, we saved him; which was a great loss, for he would have made good literature. [5]
While I was still gazing, the owner discovered her loss. [10]
His heart was still beating, but doubtless on account of the great loss of blood--it throbbed with alarming weakness. [10]
Who does not sorrow for the loss of Sappho, the sweet singer of Israel? [5]

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