Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com

lose life



Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The judge ruled the department failed to properly consider the impact on elderly people who could potentially lose life savings to meet health costs.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

She called on the U.S. to “use its leverage,” adding “way too many people lose life daily” in Afghanistan.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2021

Especially since, as a religion, it asks us to sell all we have, to renounce this world, to lose life itself.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the other hand, Henry was obliged to issue a Forest Charter, based on certain articles of Magna Carta, which declared that no man should lose life or limb for hunting in the royal forests.

From The Leading Facts of English History by Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry)

To lose life against the sacrifice of such a trifling thing.

From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "lose life" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com