Sentence examples for had lost its validity from inspiring English sources
The Allies had confidently expected that victory in a major set-piece battle would compel Louis XIV to accept peace on Allied terms, but after Malplaquet (the bloodiest battle of the war), that strategy had lost its validity: Villars had only to avoid defeat for a compromise peace settlement to become inevitable.
The very structure of hierarchy of levels has lost its validity, even for those who believe in it as a model of autonomy of levels rather than as an image of fundamentalism.
[and] can outrageously insult common sense only where common sense has lost its validity". Cynicism.
The prevailing idea among the Irish people that a check over six months old has lost its validity has, apparently, been blown sky high.
Yes, it had lost its spirit.
Napster had lost its zest.
The creaky door had lost its spell.
Hollywood, for him, had lost its luster.
For me, the self regulation of Wall Street may once have been a fair and valid concept, perhaps from the 1930s through some of the 1970s; but for a number of decades now, I believe it has lost its credibility, its validity, and any compelling rationale for its continued existence.
