Examples of “lost” in a Sentence

adj Unable to find your way or unsure of your location.

• We got completely lost on the way back from the trailhead.
• The tourists looked lost, so I offered to show them the way.
• I felt lost in the huge station until I found a map.

adj No longer possessed, existing, or able to be found.

• Many old family photos were lost in the house fire.
• The museum displays tools from a lost civilization.
• Please hand any lost property in at the front desk.

adj So absorbed in something that you stop noticing what is going on around you.

• She was lost in thought and didn't hear the doorbell.
• Lost in her book, she missed her stop on the bus.
• He sat lost in music, with his headphones on.