And the image that does resolve itself inevitably brings with it a sense of irretrievable loss.

Failure to act would have resulted in irretrievable loss of face.

The final, irretrievable loss of my job and trust had less of an effect on me than I thought it would.

"Many believe that Soviet culture has suffered an irretrievable loss," Tass said.

But some wounds refused to heal, and the irretrievable loss of his birth home was a scar that would always be with him.

Company officials declared him bankrupt, "to the irretrievable loss of his Fortune", he later claimed.

A young man like him, what did he understand about the pain of the years, the deep ache of irretrievable loss?

Melangell screamed, and it was a sound of irretrievable loss.

If they close this place, it's an irretrievable loss to the city.

Nothing worse, you understand, than professional ignominy, the irretrievable loss of face.