This not infrequently occurs in the moment of the dreaded perte de vitesse, to which reference has been made.
Instead of diving it commenced to wabble, indicating a perte de vitesse.
The Perte du Rhone, or the spot where the Rhone suddenly sinks into the ground, forms one of the objects usually visited from Geneva, and I accepted a proposal to join a party in making an excursion thither.
A Lettre à une dame sur la perte d'un perroquet, in verse, may serve to represent the decline of his genius.
He did not dive enough and had a "perte de vitesse.
These whirlpools often cause a sudden "perte de vitesse" and are therefore very dangerous.
Instead of diving it commenced to wabble, indicating a "perte de vitesse.
When a "perte de vitesse" is produced the aeroplane "goes off on the wing," sliding down sideways in such a manner and with such force that the rudders cannot right you or that the propeller cannot pick up your forward speed.
Le Gouverneur general recompensera la bravoure de nos Iroquois par une promotion et donnant quelques haussecols et medailles a ceux qui se sont distingues, ils en seront plus animes a venger la perte qu'ils out fait.
Haleine J’ai couru à perte d’haleine = I ran until I was out of breath.
Perte À perte de vue = As far as the eye can reach.
It would cover the Perte du Rhône with a lake nearly seventy meters deep, and although power enough would be created to supply all Lyons and perhaps be carried as far as Paris, still it would be a menace to the safety of the towns below.
Criant, and had the pleasure of going with him and my nephew, some weeks later, when the river was much diminished in volume, to that wonderful curiosity of nature called La Perte du Rhône.
Long since they would have declared the Perte and the Canyon of the Rhône to be a National Park and the two dams (lower down) would have become an accomplished fact.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "perte" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
