As a result, the narrative loses momentum.

Unfortunately too, Mr. Barry's narrative loses its breakneck momentum when his two engineers leave the scene.

She enters other minds with dreamlike ease, and then her narrative loses its formality, its sentences breaking down in confusion or pain.

But the narrative loses power once we see Claire outside pursuing her real life.

The narrative loses some sizzle when Suits stops meddling in the hunt for the saboteur who is wrecking his business and ruining his life.

At times, however, her narrative loses its force in a thicket of personal details.

It is only when he generalizes about his operating style as Dade superintendent that his narrative loses its drive and the prose descends into tired cliche.

The narrative loses a bit of focus in its sketchily summarized descriptions of events between 1941 and 1943.

Such narratives may lose their punch when China rules the universe.

Once the trial starts, the narrative loses speed quickly.