"Your friend here would simply lose his head if you left."

As for myself, I simply lost the use of my tongue.

It happens when the members simply lose interest and stop coming around.

It feels as if the director has simply lost interest.

Possibly she had simply lost the child and passed out.

Many workers took early retirement; others simply lost their jobs.

Somewhere along the way, not so long ago, he had simply lost interest in record keeping.

For him, it must seem as if he'd simply lost track of the conversation.

But the truth is that I simply lost my nerve.