Sentence examples for losing slightly from inspiring English sources

More fun than Australia losing, slightly less fun than a miraculous comeback.

That is, losing slightly is good for winning.

The 2010 World Cup has come to a close, and you can bet that the team at Twitter is losing slightly less sleep than they have been over the last month.

After three months, the wine group ended up losing slightly more weight 10.4 pounds versus 8.3 pounds in the grape juice group—although this wasn't a statistically significant difference.

In addition, it was also the second most viewed and second highest rated show on Fox's Animation Domination lineup, losing slightly to The Simpsons, but continued its lead over both The Cleveland Show and American Dad! in total viewership and ratings.

In cancellous bone, gender had a significant effect on the magnitude of sciatic neurectomy-induced change in Tb.Th and Tb.N, but not BV/TV or Tb.Sp, with male mice losing slightly more Tb.Th (− 20.2% vs. − 16.7%, respectively, p < 0.05, data not shown) and females losing more Tb.N (− 24.9% vs. − 22.9%, respectively, p < 0.05, data not shown).

California lost slightly more people to other states than it drew last year.

Figures for the 2000 census showed that Syosset had lost slightly more than 400 residents since 1990.

The quick-thawed breasts did lose slightly more juice than the refrigerator-thawed breasts, but when the chicken was grilled and served, a panel of 18 tasters was unable to tell them apart.

Over the past century, the United States has lost slightly more than half its wetlands, leaving about 105 million acres of intertidal basins, coastal estuaries, saltwater marshes and freshwater ponds, swamps and lakeside areas.

That figure was half the profit recorded in 2000, but the company reported a $200 million fourth-quarter profit last year after having lost slightly more than $1 million in the period the year before.