A war we were losing when Morjod won his seat on the council.

"The war would lose its mainstream cause," of defending Ethiopia's sovereignty, he said.

Others suffered far more, particularly those who had to serve after the war had lost all sense of purpose for the men fighting it.

A war that had a clear purpose and a certain end has now lost its reason and its finish.

For Americans, the war has lost its narrative.

But for Brady himself, war never quite lost its theatricality.

The war in which they fought had great consequences as people from both sides (Elephantmen included) lost many loved ones.

The war with the West had lost its meaning.

The war had lost much of the good humour which marked its outset.

In 1667, with the war lost, Pepys helped to discharge the navy.