sense of loss
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandloss
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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loss
noun
uk/lɒs/us/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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(Definition ofsenseandlossfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsense of loss
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An abidingsenseoflossand longing seems the necessary accompaniment of assuming responsibility for our own fate, individually and collectively.
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They also appear to find sharing thesenseoflossproduced by their hearing impairment genuinely constructive and helpful.
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The daughter collapses and dies; the sound contains its ownsenseofloss.
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Passionate outbursts now alternate with reticent passages infused with asenseoflossbefore the movement settles into an extended sense of chordal repose.
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Thesenseoflossthat he felt was communicated both in his statements and by his body language and visible emotion.
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This suggests that the ' stress ' is partly associated with asenseofloss.
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One knows 'she may be doing well, but there is asenseofloss'.
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Thissenseoflossclearly weighed heavily upon many members.
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Ultimately there is asenseoflossfrom accepting quasi-realism.
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So we may feel asenseoflossin respect of our reflections on our own values.
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It is a repetitive movement: the presence of a comfortable object, followed by its absence, accompanied by asenseofloss, then its return.
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Typical emotions that accompanied this issue included sadness, worry, guilt, and asenseofloss.
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Blackburn claims that even if there is no transcendental standard of values, we do not need to feel a 'senseofloss'.
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Here the composer is not interested in the listener's accurate recognition, so much as in the senseoflosscaused by the rapid alternation of the connoted fragments.
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The destruction of forest cover for the swiddens by fire is described in the sacred texts and informants' testimony with little sentiment orsenseoflossconcerning the natural environment.
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According to this thesis, landscape representations and designs may be understood as attempts to assuage thesenseoflossby offering images of unalienated, enchanted nature.
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Fenton noted the participants' feelings of disappointment,senseoflossand pessimism for the future because of their unfilled expectations.
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It captures perfectly a mingledsenseoflossand renewal, and perhaps the remarkably direct and unaffected language stems from the fact that it was originally written for amateur players.
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I wish to associate myself with the comments already made about the deepsenseoflossand tragedy over this unfortunate incident.
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