Sentence examples for would be a lost cause from inspiring English sources
"I knew it would be a lost cause".
After the Senate failed to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change that was negotiated during the Clinton administration, it became clear that any treaty to cut greenhouse gas emissions would be a lost cause.
Just because their candidate is unlikely to win the nomination doesn't mean the unions' endorsement of Sanders would be a lost cause.
That's hard for humans, a pet would be a lost cause with this one.
It would have nothing left in its hand: net neutrality in the US would likely be a lost cause.
Tea Party groups are focused mainly on pressuring fellow Republicans — not Democrats, who would largely be a lost cause — to back a proposal to shut down the government if financing is not pulled from the president's health care law.
Europe may be a lost cause.
The Kennedy Center Honors may not be a lost cause.
The 2012 campaign, though, appears to be a lost cause.
That would be a lost opportunity.
