How to Use stake in a Sentence

stake

1 of 2 noun

• The stakes are too high.
• Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.
• That there is too much at stake.
  — Rachel O'Leary Carmona, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026
• This time, there were no medals at stake.
  — Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2026
• But that doesn't mean there won't be some stakes.
  — Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
• There’s still a lot at stake and a lot to learn.
  — Tony East, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• And what's at stake here is more than just a plane.
  — NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
• Put a stake in it, call it dead and be done with it.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
• Just how much money is at stake?
  — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
• At stake is more than any single race.
  — ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
• But those are now table stakes.
  — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• There’s too much money at stake.
  — Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
• Get your stake back in bonus bets after a loss.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
• So there’s no greater stakes and no smaller odds.
  — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
• That alone should tell you something about what is at stake.
  — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 Mar. 2026
• At stake is the $1 million grand prize.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
• That stake is now worth about $19 billion.
  — Chris Eudaily,jaures Yip, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
• At stake was nothing short of the future of the species.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
• But what would be a reasonable stake?
  — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
• The election is high stakes for both parties.
  — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
• Now, these teams meet again with extremely high stakes.
  — Mike Jones, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
• Go inside the high-stakes summit that failed to yield a deal.
  — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026
• Hard to resist, these days, given what’s at stake.
  — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
• America's jobs and growth are at stake.
  — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
• Here is what to know about its high-stakes flight in early April.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 23 Mar. 2026
• Certainly not the life-and-death stakes.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
• There's more at stake than just trade, however.
  — John Ruwitch, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
• That's still one too many maybes when $50 million is at stake.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
• Got to have an ownership stake.
  — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
• With the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024

stake

2 of 2 verb

• She staked the tomatoes to keep them from falling over.
• Plus, their large fruit may need staking.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Dec. 2025
• The past few days have seen other big banks vie for staking.
  — Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
• The whole industry is staked on a shaky metaphor.
  — Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
• Heavy blooms may need staking or support.
  — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 29 May 2026
• Thitikul was staked to a two-shot lead at the start of the final round.
  — ABC News, 10 May 2026
• Everything around you stakes an equal claim.
  — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
• Each man staked a wrestler, and the winner would shave the loser’s hair.
  — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
• And also, he's sent out there to stake a claim and send money back home.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2022
• These plants have a vining growth habit and need to be staked or caged for support.
  — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 22 June 2026
• Each of them uses the camera to stake their claim on the culture.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
• Josh Acheampong could stake a real claim soon.
  — James McNicholas, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
• Plan on staking edging around the path perimeter to keep stones in place.
  — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2026
• All there was left to do was stake their claim on the college football landscape.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
• Tall types that grow 3½ feet or taller need to be staked to prevent them from flopping over.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2026
• Taller varieties may need staking in windy spots.
  — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 11 June 2026
• There’s so much demand that there’s lots of space to stake a bigger claim in the current boom.
  — Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• The Tigers staked Skubal to a 3-0 lead in the first inning.
  — John Devine, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
• Is this little-talking, slow drink of water the right person to stake it all on?
  — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
• Learn the best time to stake your tomatoes and how to support them for a better harvest.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
• But the team has more opportunities to stake its claims.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2026
• Attach cords to the grommets on the side or corners, and tie them to trees or stake the cords down to keep it taut.
  — Field & Stream Commerce Team, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
• This low-maintenance plant doesn't need staking and can handle dry spells.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
• So many people truly staked everything on this project.
  — Billboard Korea, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
• With ten labels in each pack, just use a marker to write the plant name on each label, then stake them near the plant.
  — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
• Every great novel stakes an implicit claim about what a novel can and should do.
  — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
• The company became Meta last year to stake a flag in the nascent metaverse world.
  — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 1 June 2022
• But Buzelis wants to stake his name on his adaptability as a two-way player.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
• That is, until Vlad arrives and stakes a claim on her every waking thought.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
• Turn a pool noodle into a squeegee, and use them for staking hose into place in the garden.
  — Kate McKenna, The Spruce, 23 May 2026