You lose the ability to improve fast.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The essential amino acids During the course of evolution, mankind lost the ability to make some amino acids so they must be supplied from diet.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
We first lose the ability to detect the sounds of high frequencies.
Christianity Today (2000)
She also said he had lost the ability to grip hold of toys.
The Sun (2009)
Other signs are a sense that your fingers are swollen and feeling that they have lost the ability to grip firmly.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)