How to Use loose in a Sentence

loose

1 of 3 adjective

• The rope was tied in a loose knot.
• The nails had been pried loose.
• Some of the shingles on the roof were loose.
• The ball popped loose from the shortstop's glove.
• Some of the shingles had come loose.
• The dog was wandering loose in the streets.
• She was wearing a loose dress.
• The boat came loose from its moorings and floated out into the harbor.
• Maybe a horse got loose from the ranch across the street?
  — Ryan Lillis, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
• Scrape down the bowl and fold the dough over to form a loose sphere.
  — Yewande Komolafe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
• The top was strapless and the pants low-rise and loose.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2023
• This one hits right above the knee and has a loose fit.
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 30 July 2023
• Credit goes to Story and the cast for the loose tone of the film.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2023
• The now-$12 rayon top has a scoop neckline and a loose fit.
  — Rachel Simon, Peoplemag, 11 June 2023
• Allen wasn’t getting enough help and was too loose with the ball.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2024
• On the second or third pitch, the rope got caught on a loose rock about the size of a bowling ball.
  — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
• Her hair was styled down in loose waves on a center part.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 17 July 2023
• Her hair fell from the ponytail in loose waves to her upper back.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 17 Oct. 2023
• With one hand on the buoy line and the other in the air, Nicholas set the swimmers loose for a 9.5-mile swim to a dam on the far side of the lake.
  — Adam Skolnick, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• It can be worn in an array of ways like a loose button-down dress.
  — Essence, 9 Apr. 2024
• Was very freeing to play loose, wing it, and see what happened.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 1 Sep. 2023
• Keep your arms straight and loose, allowing the power from your hips to drive the weight up.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 22 June 2023
• The fit was perfect — not too snug nor too loose, with plenty of wiggle room for the toes.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2023
• Her hair cascaded in loose glossy waves from the base of her ponytail.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 25 Sep. 2023
• The moment your car gets loose [in Indy cars] there is going to be a crash.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• Step 2: Form a series of loose coils with the throw line from the slip knot on your wrist toward the net, then grip the coils with your left hand.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 4 Jan. 2024
• The flowy white layered look was paired with soft makeup and the How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days star wore her hair down in loose waves.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
• But his defense, although loose, held up and made plays.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
• The fit is supportive, but looser in the armpit area on some bodies.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Bsn, Parents, 19 Oct. 2023
• Local parents were quick to warn their children against loose talk.
  — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024

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loose

2 of 3 verb

• The soldiers loosed a volley of rifle fire.
• Break loose the lug nuts and jack up the car just enough for the wheel to rotate.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Aug. 2017
• The two hundred miles an hour wind had loosed its chains.
  — Jake Cline, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Aug. 2017
• The collapse of Qaddafi’s regime loosed a wave of anarchy.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2019
• Viewers know what such forces look like when they are loosed upon the world.
  — M.s., The Economist, 27 Aug. 2019
• Ursula was not about to loose a naive teenager on the streets.
  — oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2019
• Specifically, let loose a stream of urine on the rear right wheel of the transfer bus on your way to the launch.
  — Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2011
• Don’t treat your cacti with a trickle, turn on the taps and let loose a deluge.
  — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2017
• There is also an arrow loosed into the chest of one's beloved.
  — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 28 July 2015
• In the meantime don’t risk loosing out and get your book at BnN Amazon, or mattroloffmedia.com.
  — Michelle Manetti, Good Housekeeping, 29 May 2018
• The nine planes flew in formation above the River Thames and let loose their red, white and blue smoke to mark the colors of the Union Jack.
  — Fox News, 9 May 2020
• Swanson let loose a booming kick that sent Covey back eight yards to the 23.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Oct. 2020
• Some African-Americans in Avondale and other parts of the city loosed their rage.
  — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Speed Retrieve is a drag race: An owner must loose the dog at just the right moment.
  — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 18 June 2018
• As dawn pinks the sky, the tom shakes himself awake and looses the first of a series of branch-rattling gobbles.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2018
• After a pause, the group let loose a flurry of questions: Had the roommate been tested?
  — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2020
• To extract the spider, one poured water that loosed the web and the spider was extracted along with the web.
  — Shelby Grad, latimes.com, 21 June 2018
• Over the last few days, DeSantis has loosed a barrage of attacks on Trump.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 5 June 2023
• In the park, Ms. Figueroa let loose the fun-loving side that prompted her Berkeley wedding crash.
  — New York Times, 8 Feb. 2020
• Salah touched the ball out of his feet and let loose a vicious half-volley, which nestled straight in the bottom right corner.
  — SI.com, 5 Nov. 2017
• The inland hills that rise more than 3,000 ft. above the heart of Puerto Rico were drawing moisture out of the storm, which loosed torrents of rain.
  — Karl Vick / San Juan, Time, 28 Sep. 2017
• Most evergreens lose their previous year’s needles in the fall but some loose them in the spring and summer.
  — oregonlive, 2 May 2021
• But can one — should one — be able to so readily dismiss the other versions of the self that get loosed on the world, with all their toxins?
  — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2017
• In front of me was a black ovoid stone, known as the omphalos, set on the spot in Greek mythology where two eagles loosed by Zeus crossed paths at the earth’s nexus.
  — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 July 2019
• LaVine picked up the ball, sprinted behind the 3-point line on the right wing and let loose the winning shot with less than a second remaining.
  — chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2019
• Maybe a week-long look in the mirror could jostle loose some new sense of hope heading into the season’s second half.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021
• The pass hit a defender's foot, and Griffin let loose an expletive.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2018
• The tree began loosing its needles, slimming down to a skeleton.
  — Amanda Erickson, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2017
• But perhaps none of the slings and arrows flung at Jackson has provoked as much outrage as the one the state House of Representatives loosed earlier this month.
  — Michael Wines, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023

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loose

3 of 3 adverb

• And then the big doors at the end opened up, and 30, 40 dogs were set loose.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
• On the other side of the bracket, all hell broke loose in the Sweet 16 round.
  — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2022
• Judge led off the first with a single as the Yankees broke loose from the start.
  — Larry Fleisher, ajc, 10 Sep. 2022
• And then, all of a sudden, all of the threads rip loose, and the net gets cast down to nothing.
  — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 23 June 2023
• All hell breaks loose after that and the Heat turn the game around, take it to overtime, and win.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 20 May 2022
• The pop star wore her hair blown out loose with finger waves along the top of her head.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 May 2022
• So that made Tuesday the perfect stage for Brown to let loose.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2022
• On the last try, one of the straw shingles came loose, causing Duncan to fall off the shed.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2023
• Before Greiger could get in, the tractor broke loose and crushed him.
  — Dallas News, 16 Dec. 2022
• As a child, CityFair was always a fun place to let loose.
  — oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2022
• Bret got the collar loose, her husband opened up the crawl space, and the dog came running out.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 7 Aug. 2023
• Then came Rich Strike thundering along the rail and all heck broke loose.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 8 May 2022
• In July, 11 hikers were killed when a chunk of ice broke loose from a glacier in Italy.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022
• If ever there was a time to let loose with a four-letter word, this was it.
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2022
• Beyond the rule changes, the league seems more willing to let players cut loose.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
• Each foot was adorned in a loose-fitting 1970s-style clog sandal.
  — Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2023
• Handling the ball 15 yards from the net, Beacham, who’s right-handed, let loose with a left-handed shot.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022
• Lewis introduced her as his 13-year-old wife, and all hell broke loose.
  — Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• But in much of the Western world, tastes moved away from loose-fitting menswear in the 18th century, Friend said.
  — CNN, 25 Aug. 2022
• The short, loose-fitting sleeve style softly drapes over the shoulders and flares outwards.
  — Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022
• In one of the early matches that night, a fighter’s headgear came loose.
  — Zoë Bernard, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2023
• Just as Stephen is clearing the air with Christine, all hell breaks loose outside.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 3 May 2022
• Marcus loosens his grip and before the ex can slip his head loose, Connie spits in his face.
  — Hazlitt, 29 Mar. 2023
• All this talk about a vote that’s comin’ to end slavery—all of those niggers runnin’ loose?
  — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
• The police raided the spot at three thirty a.m., and when the club patrons spilled out onto the street, all hell broke loose.
  — Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2022
• That evening, Olsen was dressed in black trousers, a loose-fitting blazer, purple socks, and brown loafers.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
• But behind the scenes, FTX played loose with customer money.
  — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
• Two years later—with the Supreme Court shaking loose a lot of ground in the interim—that figure surged to 60%.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 23 June 2023
• Simple clothes hang loose, such as capes, cloaks or loincloths.
  — Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
• In the process, the student, Aniya Harmon, felt her clothes come loose, exposing her right breast to onlooking students, the lawsuit alleges.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024