Sentence examples for once been lost from inspiring English sources

The idea presupposes that something has once been lost; if it's an object, it can long outlive the loser and bring with it, in its re-emergence, the breath of a forgotten time.

Then he remembers how his former self, long-haired, had once been lost in these same streets looking for a cafe, or a way out, on a silent Tuesday afternoon.

A wealthy collector of antiquities, Samax owns a hotel in Las Vegas that he has converted into a refuge for brilliant, obsessed people, "a house of dreamers" filled with "people looking for lost things... and with people who had once been lost".

"I once was lost, but now I am found!" In one sense, the scene was familiar.

I once was lost, but now I'm found; was blind but now I see.

WHAT once was lost now is found, in the consoling words of the old hymn.

A couple of writers who once were lost (by me, anyway) have now been found — in paperback.

I once was lost and now am found; follow me: I'll take you back to the promised land.

In a day sitting in on interviews with the 10 applicants — all in their mid-20s — a pattern emerges: generally speaking, they once were lost, but now are found.

We once were lost, but with these gift ideas for the health nut, now we are found.

"I once was lost," he said, "but now am found; was blind but now I see".