Sentence examples for a string of lost from inspiring English sources

Where it once championed a string of lost causes – pan-Arab unity, defiance of the west, resistance to Israel – it now fights for nothing.

It was one of a string of lost opportunities, the administration official said, that may be the only thing in common between Mr. Clinton's White House and Mr. Bush's.

Ewing was traded in 2000, and the Knicks entered a string of losing seasons soon thereafter.

FreedomWorks spent nearly $40 million on the 2012 elections but backed a string of losing Senate candidates, including Richard E. Mourdock of Indiana, Josh Mandel of Ohio and Connie Mack of Florida.

Mr. Furman was an economics adviser to a string of losing Democrats: Al Gore in the 2000 presidential campaign, Wesley Clark in the 2004 nomination race, and then that year's nominee, Senator John Kerry.

The presidential candidates are also bringing something to politicians like Mr. Rangel, who has chafed as a member of the minority party in Washington for several years and who many Democratic officials say needs a big win after picking a string of losing candidates for mayor and governor.

After a string of loses to begin his full-time ROH career, he eventually defeated Matt Taven.

As fans, we're clearly at the mercy of our teams a championship run can give us weeks of emotional highs, while a string of losing seasons will leave us beaten-down and numb.

He seems to have simply succumbed to a political tendency less common in America than in Germany, where a string of politicians lost their jobs after they were found to have buttressed their political resumes with PhDs.

Baker guided the Reds to the National League Central title in 2010, breaking a string of nine losing seasons, the longest streak in club history.

As of Labor Day, Mr. Giuliani had a long string of losing endorsements.