lose consciousness of

Example Sentences

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Then he would lose consciousness of her words for an interval, during which he pondered her face, and was wrought upon by its strange beauty.

From The Unclassed by Gissing, George

Apparently an abattoir was languishing nearby, discouraged in its yearning to lose consciousness of self in the world's oblivion.

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph

She paused, so crushed by the weight of these sad memories as to lose consciousness of the present.

From The Count's Millions by Gaboriau, Émile

Sometimes he forgot it: often for months together he would lose consciousness of its mighty monotonous rhythm: but he knew that it was there, that it never ceased, like the ocean roaring in the night.

From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Cannan, Gilbert

I lose consciousness of the objects about me, the very walls dissolve away in a mist, and I am lifted as it were on softly beating pinions and borne swift and far like a bird.

From The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance by More, Paul Elmer