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lost soul

[lawst sohl, lost] / ˈlɔst ˈsoʊl, ˈlɒst /


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He strikes up an unlikely bond with Israeli passenger Amir, a lost soul in his early 20s played by Ido Tako, which leads Hassan to reflect on roads not taken in his own life.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

“They look like something out of a Cervantes novel…they have this lost soul thing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

The real magic, however, is the giddiness sparkling around Terence Mann who starts as a lost soul and ends the film believing in magic again, simply by touching the edge of a cornfield.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024

This lost soul was in fact a Capuchin monkey.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2024

He was a lost soul, and we connected because I was a bit lost too at the time.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana