lost cause
Example Sentences
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His long-term health isn’t worth risking to save a completely lost cause.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
As John Steinbeck assured Jackie Kennedy in 1964: “You talked of Scotland as a lost cause and that is not true. Scotland is an unwon cause.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
If you were considered a lost cause, how were you able to make such a surprising comeback?
From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025
But nor is it the case that democracy in our country is a lost cause.
From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025
But among them, his former pupils, excited by the high-sounding proclamations, the determination reigned to sacrifice their skins for a lost cause.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
