The rise and fall of our mother's voice reached us through the floor, but the words themselves were lost.

A few more words and the chance would be lost.

His last few words were not lost on anyone in that chamber.

But the words are lost, or just shadows of a sound.

"If the whole language is dead, then all the words are lost."

Her next words were lost in a wave of static.

By the time he retrieved it the final words to him were lost.

The cameraman started to say something else, but his words were lost.

Her eyes meet mine and she speaks, but the words are lost.

I can make out some of the letters, but the words are lost to me.