lose
verb (used with object)
to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery.
were losing
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past progressiveof lose.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In Philadelphia, Mattingly got his chance because the Phillies were losing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
So, while the growers were losing money hand over fist, housing developers were coming through with godfather offers to buy them out, convert them to row housing, and sell, sell, sell.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Last spring, Yale University President Maurie McInnis asked a group of faculty to examine why Americans were losing confidence in higher education—and to propose remedies to restore it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Shares of home builders were losing ground in early Tuesday trading after a Seaport analyst downgraded all the stocks he covered, giving up on his previous view that housing demand was starting to bottom.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
OK, so we were losing money hand over fist, my dad was crumbling like a day-old scone, and my brother might die.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
