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Example sentences for "lost cause"

  • But although he was sadly confused and put to shame, he hung on to the "lost cause" tenaciously.

  • The Fugitive Slave Law and its Father are both numbered with the "Lost Cause," and the "Year of Jubilee has come.

  • Hear mother,' said Wanda, with a smile which perplexed and baffled the Princess, 'if your hero wanted reward he would not be the leader of a lost cause.

  • Do not think, however,' he wrote, 'that I am the less profoundly touched by your admirable goodness to a worsted and disarmed combatant in a lost cause.

  • I know not whether the house I lived in there exists, but if you will write me a word at Romaris, you will be merciful, and show me that you do not utterly despise a lost cause and a vanquished soldier.

  • The flag floats over the whole country from the Atlantic to the Pacific; let it increase in lustre, and let the power of the Government grow; still the cause for which General Lee struck is not a lost cause.

  • The Daughter of the Confederacy' received an urgent and hearty invitation to attend every function connected with the 'lost cause,' which she always accepted when it was possible.

  • The survivor of the "Lost cause" had by this time forgotten all about his rations.

  • The enemy had another battery in position about a half a mile away, and they did some rapid firing for the "Lost Cause;" but some of our troops got after them on the flank and they pulled up and ran again.

  • Having passed through the gate which is ajar for all humanity, we mournfully bid the old commander and veteran of the "Lost Cause" a final adieu.

  • Protestantism" within the Church is a lost cause, it is dying, and for just this reason the clamour is loudest, the misrepresentation more furious and envenomed.

  • After considerable discussion, the writing of A Lost Cause was resolved upon.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    doubt whatever; good results; hand went; hide myself; known species; lost again; lost cause; lost characters; lost friend; lost his; lost sheep; lost sight; lost soul; lost souls; lost their; more inclined; more modern; must introduce; mutatis mutandis; nine miles; popular tradition; short and; similar spirit; special delivery; upon the other hand; went down