How to Use Looses Properly in a Sentence
The words "lose" and "loose" are often confused, although they differ in both meaning and pronunciation. The verb "lose" means to misplace or be unable to find something. For example, "Every time I go wandering in the woods, I lose my way." The word "loose" means to free or remove from restraint, or to be free from such restraint, as in "The bound man's chains were loose." The words are also pronounced differently. "Lose" is pronounced to rhyme with "booze;" "loose" is pronounced to rhyme with "deuce." "Looses" is the third-person singular present indicative form of the verb "loose." It is pronounced "deuces." Keep your meaning straight by using "looses" correctly.
Instructions
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Use "looses" as a transitive verb in your sentence. For example, "The plumber looses a string of epithets when the pipe wrench falls on his toe."
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Use "looses" when the action in your sentence takes place in the present. For example, "Last night the goblin loosed angry looks on his confederate. Tonight, the looks he looses are mild."
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Use "looses" when the acting subject in your sentence is singular. For example, "When Bacchus appears, the frenzied woman looses her gleaming hair. In the next instant and with a loud cry, all the women loose their hair."