lost cause
Example Sentences
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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.
Red Bull's Verstappen has turned a seemingly lost cause into a thrilling late, if unexpected, charge for a fifth title.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
