Sentence examples for a lost argument from inspiring English sources

There was a blustering style about his advocacy in the courts; his impetuosity - often identified as arrogance - was not infrequently the cause of a lost argument.

But that is probably a losing argument.

In courts and now legislatures, this has been a losing argument.

Mr. McConnell, the minority leader, knows that's the case, and he also knows that's a losing argument, even if he can't say so out loud because he's in a primary fight with a Tea Partier.

"If you want to try to side with the polluters and argue to the American public that climate change is not happening – today, tomorrow, and certainly in the future – that's going to be a losing argument," he said.

"It is a losing argument for pro-Europeans to somehow suggest that Europe should be exempted from the economic challenges that many, many countries are facing.

This was a losing argument from the start, and the reliance placed on it by the AG shows just how out of touch they are in their approach to copyright.

Get into a losing argument.

Name calling is the last gasp of a losing argument.

The anti-environmental message is a losing argument with the American people.

So you see, Heart faces a losing argument: with enough coats of pseudo-intellectual gloss, one can make the argument that "Barracuda" really is a roof-rattling paleocon anthem.