How to Use loss of life in a Sentence
loss of life
idiomatic phrase-
The loss of life is tearing at the fabric of this city.
— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 1 Feb. 2024 -
The past three weeks have seen a loss of life on a horrific scale.
— Salam Fayyad, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2023 -
One man had heard that the Queen Mary sank off Boston, with great loss of life.
— Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024 -
Its aim: prevent the loss of lives and livelihood due to lightning.
— Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2024 -
Our prayers go out to all those working to stop further loss of life.
— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023 -
First, there is the immediate loss of life and of equipment on the bridge.
— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2024 -
The loss of this bridge, beyond the tragic loss of life, is going to be felt for many months if not years.
— CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Always the Israelis mention the loss of life in Gaza, always.
— Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023 -
Their work, of course, will aim to prevent more loss of life as the US gun violence scourge drags on.
— Ryan Young, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023 -
For the first two months of the war, the Biden administration largely downplayed the loss of lives in Gaza.
— Agnès Callamard, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2024 -
With loss of life and property, taxes may be far down the list of worries.
— Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 -
Ineptitude like this could lead to loss of life in the future.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023 -
Ineptitude like this could lead to loss of life in the future.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023 -
The region was one of the hardest hit during the war: in terms of loss of life, property and precious wine.
— Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 -
Any effort to downplay or dismiss such loss of life is as big a lie as the one that fueled the riot in the first place.
— Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 May 2024 -
We are deeply saddened by the loss of life and are working together to respond to this tragedy.
— Alexandria Brown, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2022 -
But not Russia, where Putin has little regard for the loss of life on either side.
— Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Any loss of life is a tragic event, especially in a place that's holy ground.
— Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024 -
Although no shots were fired, this was the biggest loss of life in combat between the two countries since 1967.
— Charmaine Jacob, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2024 -
There has been no loss of life, Trantalis said Saturday.
— Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2023 -
Besides the loss of life and the devastation of complete towns, the tsunami also wrecked many ships docked at the coastal port towns.
— Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2023 -
Besides the loss of life and the devastation of complete towns, the tsunami also wrecked many ships docked at the coastal port towns.
— Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2023 -
The barrage of strikes was largely shot down by Israel, with the help of the U.S. military, and did not result in any major loss of life.
— Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2024 -
With so many close calls being reported, at some point one or two mistakes will result in the loss of life.
— Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 -
While nearly every assault on Kyiv in May has been thwarted, the attack on Sunday was the first to result in the loss of life.
— Andrés R. Martínez, New York Times, 27 May 2023 -
Millions in property and firefighting is lost due to overgrowth as well as the loss of life.
— Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2022 -
My heart broke at the loss of life, and at the knowledge that what was to come — what Israel would unleash on Gaza — would be devastating.
— Audrey Sasson, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024 -
The toll—more than 1,300 Israelis killed in one day—may represent the single worst loss of life in the country’s history.
— Daniel Byman and Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2023 -
The risk of immediate loss of life is also ever-present.
— Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024 -
But a new study suggests that the storm will continue to be responsible for loss of life for as long as 15 years into the future.
— Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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