Sentence examples for we lost about from inspiring English sources

"We lost about 15,000 jobs in the Latrobe Valley in a community of 75,000," says Graeme Middlemiss, a local councillor "born and bred" in the valley who worked for 30 years in the power industry.

We lost about 11% of our manufacturing jobs in that period, but the Japanese lost 16% of theirs.

"We lost about seven fighters".

"We lost about 30 percent of our area," he said.

"We lost about two-thirds of our market share," he adds.

We lost about 20 days of our expedition because of bad weather.

"Every day, we lose about 120 Americans to drug overdoses.

Every time we raise tuition by $100, we lose about 1percentt of our student body".

We lose about a foot of marsh a year due to waves undercutting the shore grass.

"We lose about 40 a game," he says, a bit defensively.

"With retirements and departures, we lose about 10 scientists every year".