11.   But the game had lost its charm.

12.   But the shootout is losing its charm because of overexposure.

13.   But unpredictability loses its charm when it is a product of ineptness.

14.   But three years into fashion designing, and the naivete is losing its charm.

15.   By that time, Quicken had lost its charm for me.

16.   By mid-August poverty had lost its charm and we were feeling just a little sorry for ourselves.

17.   For the rest of us, they compensate for the way idiosyncracy and charm have been lost to global marketing.

18.   Gradually, academia lost its charm.

19.   In the age of the megachurch, the corporate merger and international communications, small has not lost its charm for some churchgoers.

20.   Like long trains and parking lot carnivals, Christmas countdowns lose their charm in adulthood.