Sentence examples for almost at a loss from inspiring English sources

The phrase "almost at a loss" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a feeling of uncertainty or confusion, typically in response to a situation or question.
Example: "When asked about the unexpected turn of events, I was almost at a loss for words."
Alternatives: "nearly bewildered" or "almost confused".

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"I'm almost at a loss to describe him.

Its letters live "in a powerful matrix of surrounding space," Parker continued, almost at a loss for words.

Kaymer, only the second German player after Bernhard Langer to become world No. 1, the second-youngest No. 1 after Woods, was almost at a loss for words when asked what it meant to him.

I am almost at a loss; I am nervous and feel like I need guidance on how to assist my little girl through the murky waters of her discovery".

"They ring me up and ask me to do an advertisement and I say, 'Why do you ask me?' They say, 'Aah, because you are the sort of person who doesn't do advertisements.' Then I say, 'But if I say I will, then I am the sort who does and you don't want me.'" I only twice saw Bob almost at a loss for words.

I mean, I'm almost at a loss for words.

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It was an uncharacteristic response from a man who was almost never at a loss for words, or a point of view.

Couture houses almost always operate at a loss; they exist to showcase the designers' most unencumbered fantasies.

Yet the U.S. company has continued to put significant resources into India, where it serves 11 cities and is almost certainly running at a loss with the aim of taking market share as India's taxi app market expands rapidly.

To pull their product from Amazon and sell it themselves at a loss of almost $40,000 a month.

When the stock market plunged 1,000 points on May 6 before reversing direction almost as quickly, regulators were at a loss to explain why.

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