lost cause
Example Sentences
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The lithe physique of the rubber man of tennis enabled him to chase down seemingly lost causes and he combined a brutally efficient game with a rock-solid defence.
From Barron's
Firetrucks hurtled by, forgoing those burning homes believed to be lost causes.
From Los Angeles Times
They were comfortable confiding in one another to the point of calling the war “already a lost cause for Germany,” as Kiep put it.
The season is far from a lost cause.
From BBC
He tried, moving trash cans and nudging back, then reluctantly concluding it was a lost cause.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
