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.
• The win was the first stakes win of the meeting for both the jockey and trainer.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
• With the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
• The men never sold their stake to reap the cash reward.
  — Paul Glader, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
• The Arm stake was the largest in dollar terms, amounting to $147.3 million.
  — Nick Turner, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
• The Warriors only piled more on in a fourth that felt bereft of any stakes.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
• But it’s been a second, two fourths and a fifth since in graded stakes.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 4 May 2023
• In late 2022, Ethereum—the second-largest blockchain by market cap—switched to proof of stake in a process known as the Merge.
  — Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 11 July 2023
• There are 50 delegates at stake and 29 will be awarded to the winner of the statewide vote.
  — Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
• Sink your stake a foot into the ground and extend it at least a few inches above the graft union.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• The knight carries a huge axe and makes a strange proposal, in such a way that the honor of the whole court feels at stake.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• At the end of winter, Kohler lands on a glacier by helicopter to pound long stakes deep into the ice.
  — David Schechter, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
• This easy-to-install projector comes with a stand and ground stake.
  — Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 15 Nov. 2023
• With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 12 July 2023
• At stake is the livelihood of Mr. Jordan and shrimpers like him nationwide.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
• The investment firm plans to further increase its stakes over the next six months, the filings said.
  — Laura He, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
• But in the wake of the mass shootings in Maine, there’s another legal principle at stake – the right to live in peace.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
• Both sides argue that the future of the country, even the nature of its government, is at stake.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
• Here are some observations and questions on the high stakes move.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
• The clock is ticking on a debt ceiling decision with much at stake, Williams says.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 17 May 2023
• Barbara was the dentist and Brian owned a stake in the business and property.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 13 May 2023
• Installation can be as quick as pushing stakes in the ground around your property, and letting the sun's rays do the rest of the work.
  — Katie Kommer, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
• Millions of lives and the peace and stability of an entire region are at stake.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
• This tent is very easy to assemble, too, with clear instructions and stakes for securing it to the ground.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2023
• The prize derived from the $5 participation fee is at stake.
  — Bill Brownlee, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
• At stake in Adam and Eve’s transgression in the Garden is the knowledge of good and evil, which embodies power.
  — Christopher Knight, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• If the upper echelons of management choose to work away from home and the office, there is a lot more at stake for a business.
  — Chintan Patel, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
• Don’t leave someone else in charge when money or your reputation is at stake.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
• At the closing high for Trump Media’s stock price, the former president’s stake was valued at $5.2 billion.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024

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stake

2 of 2 verb

• She staked the tomatoes to keep them from falling over.
• Each of them uses the camera to stake their claim on the culture.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
• And also, he's sent out there to stake a claim and send money back home.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2022
• Now Biden is staking his claim for a second term on it.
  — Michael Sasso, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023
• 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
• All there was left to do was stake their claim on the college football landscape.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
• Some of the oldest rights date to the 1800s, when white settlers could stake their claims by nailing a notice to a tree.
  — Hayley Smithstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2022
• The company became Meta last year to stake a flag in the nascent metaverse world.
  — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 1 June 2022
• The others did not stake clear positions on the question.
  — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
• With two outs in a 3-3 tie in the fourth inning, Dunckel singled up the middle to score two and stake the Lopes to a 5-3 lead.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 21 May 2022
• The Cavs’ lighter weights staked them to a good lead, and Anthony Rodrigues’ pin at 190 pounds brought home the title.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
• Is this little-talking, slow drink of water the right person to stake it all on?
  — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
• But the willingness of 50 senators to stake their claim to a climate bill is a big deal.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
• It’s surprising that Musk would stake so much of his wealth on a site that so many of its users profess to hate.
  — New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022
• The final step is to clip the solar panel to your patio, or stake the panel into the grass.
  — Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2022
• Thomas scored nine points in the opening quarter to stake the Warriors to a 15-10 advantage.
  — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2023
• Airbus is trying to stake a claim in this market with a freighter version of its A350 wide-body.
  — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
• People or groups that stake more of their cryptocurrency are more likely to get the work — and the reward.
  — Amy Beth Hanson, Chron, 22 Apr. 2022
• But staking their claim to dynasty status, the Chiefs saw their standouts prevail down the stretch.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
• Yeaney hit a three-pointer with eight minutes remaining to stake OSU to its largest lead at 56-48.
  — oregonlive, 29 Jan. 2023
• The aboutness of a writer’s work is a useful tool in this game: to stake and to fence are the first steps in claiming a piece of the literary landscape.
  — Yiyun Li, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
• This time around, no one can ignore Jones staking her claim as R&B’s newest princess.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
• In the meantime, Royce Lewis recovered from his knee surgery, returned to the major-league roster and staked his claim to third base.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2024
• Jalen Suggs hit three 3-pointers to stake Orlando to an early 11-point lead, but it was gone by the end of the first quarter.
  — Dick Scanlon, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
• Can Castroneves go back-to-back and stake his claim as the best driver in Indy history?
  — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 29 May 2022
• Many people have staked their lives and the lives of their families on the views espoused by Kennedy and others who oppose vaccines.
  — Michelle R. Smith, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
• Monday night’s game with the Astros started off well enough, with Adam Duvall’s three-run homer in the first inning staking the Sox to a 3-0 lead.
  — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
• Lost in the decades since has been her bravery in choosing to stake it all on a film that was unabashedly feminist and Jewish.
  — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2023
• For some Hawkeye fans, there was a gallows humor to staking free drinks on Iowa’s ability to score points.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• For the second time in less than a year, Colas and his son were attempting to reunite with the rest of their Haitian family in the Bay Area and stake an asylum claim.
  — Deepa Fernandes, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024