The man looked as if he'd just lost his wife and best friend on the same day.
Last night I lost a good friend and half of five years' hard work.
They had lost a father figure and a true friend.
They might all have been long lost friends of his!
Have you lost your family and friends trying to get ahead?
Or maybe he was thinking of other things, lost friends.
In a very real sense, he had lost his best friend.
This was the first time he had lost a friend.
We have lost a great leader and a good friend.
Although he lost close friends, no one in his family was killed.