Sentence examples for lost slightly from inspiring English sources
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.
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.
Mr. Koizumi cannot ignore the fact that the index has lost slightly more than 1 trillion yen, or one-quarter of its value, since May 7, when he confidently pledged a radical reform program for Japan's economy.
In one sequence he mostly poses as a Greek-god lion tamer, hoisting chairs and such over his head, then suddenly gives up the game, posing with his drawers dropped, his arms and legs akimbo, like a lost, slightly spastic child.
More fun than Australia losing, slightly less fun than a miraculous comeback.
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.
That is, losing slightly is good for winning.
Where we think the Grand loses slightly more ground to the Honda is in interior treatments and overall cleverness.
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.
