How to Use lost in the mail in a Sentence

lost in the mail

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  • That is, picks that won't get lost in the mail and have a personal touch.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The pollen that was supposed to pollenate Morticia got lost in the mail.
    — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2022
  • There have been cases through the years of sets of paper exams getting lost in the mail.
    — Carolyn Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Jan. 2022
  • On top of that, his friends could no longer attend because their wristbands got lost in the mail.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 18 Nov. 2021
  • How many voters did not send ballots back or how many ballots may have been lost in the mail is unclear.
    — Amelia Pak-Harvey, The Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2020
  • Perhaps the form gets lost in the mail, the taxpayer moves, or unwittingly ignores the form.
    — Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Sadly my invitation to the coronation has been lost in the mail!
    — Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Others are peddling murky science—and not just because poop samples are getting lost in the mail.
    — Hannah Norman, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Others are peddling murky science — and not just because poop samples are getting lost in the mail.
    — NBC News, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Even if your invitation to this year's Met Gala got lost in the mail, an A-list glow is just a few best-selling products away with Wilde's latest red carpet routine.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 May 2023
  • Our invite must've gotten lost in the mail, but with a busy tour schedule and new upcoming album, LeAnn probably just forgot to send us the party address.
    — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Many, particularly those who file paper returns, end up being unsure whether the return was somehow lost in the mail.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Alberts said people with bank accounts get the payments more quickly through direct deposit than paper checks — and without worrying if the payment got lost in the mail.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The disclosure has created considerable confusion about the whereabouts of the ballots, but there is no evidence so far that that many ballots are lost in the mail.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The family of a Georgia man who died in 2019 is seeking restitution after the man's remains were inexplicably lost in the mail and never recovered.
    — Mary Ellen Cagnassola, PEOPLE.com, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Possible reasons for differences, Luscombe said, might involve a situation where advance payments ended up going to a different bank account or a check was lost in the mail.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2022
  • Udevitz cited a recent news article that described ballots from multiple rural Alaska communities going uncounted after getting lost in the mail.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2022

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