at a loss

How To Use at a loss In A Sentence

• Why such a paper has never been given to the world, I am much at a loss to say—but, perhaps, the autorial vanity has had more to do with the omission than any one other cause. The Philosophy of Composition
• The question was so unexpected that , for a moment , she was at a loss how to act up properly.
• With the provisions stored away, Robbie was at a loss for occupation.
• Nevertheless, the immense size of its larynx or thropple, which William dissected out and brought with him to England, seems to indicate vast powers of voice in this animal; but I am at a loss to conjecture why it should be provided either with this unusual capability of "blaring," or with the exceedingly strong whiskers that arm its muzzle, organs which, though nominally of little or no importance except in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 367, April 25, 1829
• It then had to sell at a loss as the share price plunged. Times, Sunday Times
• Others were seized as war booty and fell into the hands of collectors who valued them but were often at a loss to understand what they were or who had created them.
• Others have sold at a loss, or at a figure which does not reflect the value of the goodwill.
• She'll eat a loss before handing over her driver's license to reverse an overcharge at Kmart.
• So I'm at a loss at how this legislation would "inhibit" anybody's "religious freedom". tolkien_fan73 Says: paleolib: I had the same thought: Think Progress
• Learn the crafts and the skills and never be at a loss because the thrall mart is out of stock. First serious bow?q