What is "loses"

Usage examples of "loses".

It is an understood thing in Russia that one who plays on credit and loses may pay or not pay as he wishes, and the winner only makes himself ridiculous by reminding the loser of his debt.

This communication, however, loses something of its value from the circumstance that the communication was withheld until after knowledge of the fact had been acquired by us from other sources.

French genius, which considers that a thought when extended loses all its force.

I enjoy the same peace, the same repose, when I am seated on the banks of a river, when I look upon the water so quiet, yet always moving, which flows constantly, yet never disappears from my sight, never loses any of its clearness in spite of its constant motion.

In those cases, the captain who loses a soldier has nothing to do but to submit patiently, for he would claim the man in vain.

Such is true virtue, which never loses its nobleness, even when modesty compels it to utter some innocent falsehood.

I saw all the objects of interest in the town, and was confirmed in my idea that what seems so admirable in the descriptions of writers and the pictures of artists loses much of its charm on actual inspection.

If he loses tomorrow he will not only be a ruined man, but be sentenced to penal servitude, while if he wins, Torriano should be sent to the galleys, together with his counsel, who has deserved this fate many times before.

The first mate, already off balance from his downward strike at me, loses his footing and with a cry of alarm is pitched over my head and into the churning sea.

After less than a day and a half in the sun, it turns rancid and its oil loses value.

Nestbyte do nothing when the bull rolled, now he says Nestbyte were busy cutting the whaling line with his bowie knife and loses it from his grasp as the boat turns over.

What perhaps he does not understand is that he loses all three Maori when he throws Hammerhead Jack aside.

Nottingham is in to see us and loses no time in telling us of his extreme displeasure at me performance.

In our game tonight, he loses his five-pound stake in the time it takes me to win ten pounds.

He pushes the little bloke backwards so hard that the miner loses his balance and goes flying off the edge of the platform, into the crowd.