Sentence examples for lost the idea from inspiring English sources
"Eventually I lost the idea that I could have a career," she said.
We lost the idea of the Sabbath as a day of rest long ago.
"We bought it from a Paris family that had had it for generations, but lost the idea of what it was," he said.
He believes that the world has lost the idea of craft — of doing things above all to delight in them and excel at them, not to generate the most possible money.
He argues that while clean-eating, extreme gymming and social-media-friendly fitness fads are popular with a certain sector of society, we've lost the idea that exercise can and should be a part of everyone's day.
LeadAs the corporate scene has found its own rhythm in the past decade, something has been lost: the idea that the company does not merely adapt to the society it operates in, but also acts to drive up standards, even if the state cannot.
"And try to lose the idea that you are cursed," he said.
"Consumers are going to lose the idea that they can count on their stock market portfolios to save for them".
"Eventually you lose the idea that he survived, but you still want to know," said Steven Fritsch, Thomas's brother.
In doing so, he spoke of something critical in a liberal democracy, something we are at risk of losing – the idea of "reasonable disagreement" on controversial issues.
"One of the reasons the catapults have been set up is this criticism of the UK by the UK that we are brilliant at innovation but terrible at commercialising it – we lose the idea or give the idea away.
