Sentence examples for duty lost from inspiring English sources

Duchamp, although exempted from duty, lost his brother to World War I.

It could be the symbolic sign which everybody wants, also the victims' families," says Stenti, who escaped to safety with his father through a gap in a barbed wire fence under a hail of stones, bottles and concrete as Liverpool fans charged and the paltry numbers of police on duty lost any control in a stadium patently, tragically unfit for purpose.

The trouble is that at this stage, some physicians, busy with other patients and duties, lose interest.

Along the way, there are good patches: "Adopt a Girl and Boy! Collect Presents!" And bad: "Jury Duty! Lose Turn".

A journalism that embodies the plutocracy it's supposed to critique has failed its watchdog duty and lost the respect of people who call bullshit when they see it.

Amrullah Saleh said, "To the soldiers who are martyred in line of duty – you lost your lives, but your dreams live on".

The provincial forces maintained and provided by the timar holders constituted the Ottoman cavalry and were called sipahis, while the irregular akıncis and salaried yayas and müsellems were relegated to rear-line duties and lost their military and political importance.

Within minutes of spending time in meaningful connection, online activities and household duties suddenly lost their urgency.

The bill would also allow government retirees to be rehired to fill in for National Guard members called for duty, without losing their pensions.

When the White House or Pentagon fails in this duty, we lose confidence in the confidentiality of anything we are required to tell the government.

I certainly wasn't worrying about our operations manual, though I knew, of course, that flight attendants caught sleeping on duty could lose their wings.