Sentence examples for are somewhat lost from inspiring English sources

Chace does quote Taft's lonely cries in the wilderness, though they are somewhat lost in the shuffle of anecdotes.

So much of the book's appeal lies in its final trick and backward chronology that its characters are somewhat lost in the larger picture.

But when the director treats us to a gratuitous shot of some actual rats within the first few moments, we are reminded this is a director on whom the concepts of subtlety and symbolism are somewhat lost.

Compliments of the day are somewhat lost on the modern reader – "your breasts are like two fawns" might not prompt a favourable response nowadays but then again, Fergie of the Black-Eyed Peas was happy to call hers "lady lumps", so anything is possible.

"One of the biggest problems is that when kids get into the program, they are somewhat lost.

The theorists are somewhat lost in the strange landscape they created.

But the scandal still hasn't touched the White House in any meaningful way, so it appears Republicans are somewhat losing interest in it, other than as a dandy way to raise campaign cash from their base, of course.

Though it's been somewhat lost in the storm, our report makes some very clear recommendations.

The high ground was somewhat lost when the group promptly invited in Venezuela, which had been trying to join for years.

"The fact that he would have been entitled to claim for a second property has been somewhat lost in the clamour and hysteria surrounding the case".

"Even state consultants have reported that it appears that the sole mission of educating children has been somewhat lost on personal political agendas," he said.