1.  The Anglish has lost most of the Yiddish meaning and refers basically to one who pesters beyond endurance.

2.  The investors lost most of their money.

3.  When the warehouse burned down, we lost most of our merchandise.

4.  Ceremonial and precedence notably lost most of the power to agitate rulers and governments which they had hitherto possessed.

5.  But by the middle of the nineteenth century they had lost most of even the symbolic importance they had had in earlier generations.

6.  After all, she was the one who stood to lose most.

7.  Although most of the posts are reluctant to say exactly how much was stolen, most lost a few hundred dollars, officials said.

8.  Among stocks that fell, disk-drive makers lost the most on fears that increased supply will drive down prices.