How to Use loser in a Sentence

loser

noun

• The loser of the bet has to buy drinks for the winner.
• That guy is a born loser.
• The team had a reputation for being a loser year after year.
• Whoever benefits from the new government programs, the real loser will be the American taxpayer.
• The ninth and 10th seeds play for the right to face the loser of the 7-8 game for the eighth seed.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021
• The loser of that game plays the winner of the 9-10 game.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 18 May 2021
• The loser of that game plays the winner of the 9-10 game.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 20 May 2021
• The jock, the loser, the brainy nerd—think The Breakfast Club.
  — Annalise Mabe, Men's Health, 22 Feb. 2022
• Ten of the last 13 losers have reached the playoffs the next season.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• But the Phillies are skidding, losers of four in a row.
  — Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
• The loser would be the wild card and face a do-or-die game.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Sep. 2021
• Two of the times the Game 1 loser went on to win the World Series?
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
• The loser of that game will face the winner of the No. 9 vs. No. 10 game for the No. 8 seed.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
• Here are some of the winners, losers and toss ups of the 2024 session.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
• At the same time, there will be clear winners and losers.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2023
• The winner is named King of Khaki and takes the losers’ tips.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025
• The hand is full of losers, and the queen of spades may worthless for offense.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
• The loser would have to jump off the pier into the water.
  — Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 8 Aug. 2021
• This time around, the loser will be just that — now, and forevermore.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 5 Mar. 2024
• The loser of that game will play the winner between Nos. 9 and 10 for the No. 8 seed.
  — Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2021
• The loser will have to win its way to Paris in a playoff next year.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
• And the biggest losers of all may be the justices themselves.
  — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 28 June 2024
• The winner of Game 3 secures the No. 8 seed and the loser enters the lottery.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2023
• The loser's season is over, and their dreams are crushed.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
• Musk may not have been the only fortune loser in 2022, but the man with the most to lose lost the most.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2023
• Here’s a look at the biggest winners and losers from the sparring match.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
• The loser has to play the winner of Nos. 9 vs. 10 to determine the East’s eighth seed.
  — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
• The winner of tomorrow's game will go on to the gold medal match and the loser to the bronze medal match.
  — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024
• The loser had to send their signature sandwich to the winning city’s fire department.
  — Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
• However much that may be true, there can’t be many other actors that could play such a lovable loser with so much braggadocio and pathos.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025