Sentence examples for lose reception from inspiring English sources

I lose reception if I take it too far from the window though.

Michael J. Copps, the acting head of the Federal Communications Commission, said that the people most likely to lose reception are society's most vulnerable — lower-income families, the elderly, the handicapped and homes where little or no English is spoken.

Another nine million homes that subscribe to cable or satellite services but that have spare television sets — typically in bedrooms and kitchens — that are not connected to any service are also expected to lose reception.

Antennas lose reception when blocked by a human body — as evidenced by the static an FM radio spurts out when you walk in front of it — and the cumbersome rod-shaped antennas used by soldiers cannot capture signals from directly above.

He ran back to Mr. Piotrowski's yard with his phone, but lost reception.

In a car, we lost reception only in underground parking garages; at home, the radio was even more dependable.

"Three months ago I lost reception completely in my house," says Dan Cecchini, whose contract is with Orange.

Police officials said that on Monday, the backup officers lost reception when they were forced to drive around the block, a hilly spot, to avoid being spotted.

Another work, "Tous les Cinque II," holds forth over the course of 76 drawings (detail above) on red concentric circles that occasionally break into dots or fade, like a television screen losing reception.

Our investigation revealed that users lost reception when gripping the phone in a conventional manner.

The phone loses reception or drops calls completely when a spot in the lower left quadrant of the phone is touched.