Sentence examples for were a lost cause from inspiring English sources

The figs were a lost cause, too.

"Why?" She looked at me as if I were a lost cause.

Tottenham Hotspur were a lost cause after 14 minutes: three goals down, reduced to 10 men by the needless red card incurred by Heurelho Gomes and a defensive shambles.

In 1979, Soviet authorities sided with the realists, decided the searches were a lost cause, and redirected their energies towards a project with more tangible results: reconstruction.

It was a lost cause.

That's a lost cause.

"I think it is a lost cause.

Europe may be a lost cause.

But it was a lost cause.

It may be a lost cause.

I thought it was a lost cause".