How to Use lose out in a Sentence

lose out

verb

• If the Browns win out and the Ravens lose out, the Browns would finish ahead of Baltimore.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2022
• To make the playoffs, the Fever will have to win the rest of their six games and the Los Angeles Sparks will need to lose out.
  — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2023
• But that's not the only high-profile role Stan lost out on.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
• Somehow, though, Aaron Erb loses out to Austin with a time of 1:23.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 23 July 2024
• In the midst of the mania, the people the medicine is originally meant for lost out.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2023
• But if the trough stays mostly in the Willamette Valley the beaches will lose out on the heat and stay in the upper 60s to low 70s.
  — oregonlive, 21 June 2023
• Much of the doc has the feel of a thriller, but the mechanics of mystery lose out to the poetry of Cole’s images.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
• Last year, superheroes lost out at the box office to a doll, a plumber, and even a physicist.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 25 July 2024
• Most people will get more money for school, but some will lose out.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
• The Knicks cut the Bulls’ lead to as little as five before losing out midwest.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
• The decision meant that Russia would lose out on the chance to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 1 Mar. 2022
• Trista Rehn, the runner-up on Season 1, was a fan favorite who lost out on love and now had her chance.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
• The Rangers own the two-team tiebreaker with Toronto for a wild card spot, lead Seattle and would lose out to Houston.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
• Jensen Huang lost out big when the chipmaker’s shares dropped 9.5% on Tuesday.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2024
• That would mean the commercial banks would lose out either way—whether big tech eats their lunch, or the ECB takes their deposits.
  — Adrian Croft, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2021
• The Walkers plan for a ceremony, and Cordell deals with losing out on time with his kids.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
• In March, a contestant lost out on two chances at claiming a $1 million bonus.
  — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
• Winters Mill’s boys lost out on a team championship at the indoor county meet in the winter by a third of a point.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
• This isn’t the first time audiences have been upset when a contestant lost out on an answer in the game show world.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
• Under the plan, landlords would either need to cap rent hikes at 5% a year or lose out on federal tax breaks.
  — Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
• Behind him, Herta and Will Power, running 2nd and 3rd, had not pitted and lost out with the yellow.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2023
• Selling out is always a risk with Lego, so don’t lose out on the opportunity to bag one of these new sets.
  — Melissa Epifano, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2024
• The show was nominated for a Tony Award for best musical that same year, but lost out to Hamilton.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• The couple secured a fire insurance payment and put offers on a dozen homes, but lost out.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2024
• Both groups had submitted bids to the city for the Lee statue after it was toppled two summers ago and lost out to the Jefferson School.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
• Instead, studio suits went with the bombshell Raquel Welch, and losing out on the role would remain one of Darling’s great heartbreaks.
  — Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2024
• And in this era of high rates, saving in cash can mean losing out on valuable interest, Schinka said.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
• If only one of you cares for the other, then the one who chooses self-interest gets it all as the generous one loses out.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• Businesses argue that the U.K. is losing out because tourists are opting to make their big-ticket purchases in Paris or Milan, which offer the shopping perk.
  — Samantha Conti, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
• Salespeople who can’t respond to this fluidity will lose out to nimbler competitors.
  — Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024