Sentence examples for been at a loss from inspiring English sources

Idiom

At a loss.

If you are at a loss, you are unable to understand or comply.

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Scientists have been at a loss to explain it satisfactorily.

I've been at a loss for words all day.

Without that, I would have been at a loss – there was nothing in my local area.

But even he has been at a loss to explain his struggles.

For two days now at Beaver Creek, Janka has been at a loss to explain his recent success.

In Louisiana, Cajun and zydeco musicians say they have been at a loss over how to respond.

Unfortunately, researchers have been at a loss to distinguish between those who can safely skip chemotherapy, and those who cannot.

Although particular individuals have benefited from the right to buy and at significant discounts, the sales have been at a loss to the greater public good.

But several political experts have been at a loss to explain why Mr. Pataki would sabotage his own chances of winning the Independence primary by submitting fraudulent registrations.

I'd appeared at his parole hearing and been at a loss how to make them understand what a good bloke he was.

Schaubhut told writer he had grown up in Indianapolis, and that as a young man he had been at a loss about what to do with himself.

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