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.
  • Ten of the last 13 losers have reached the playoffs the next season.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • This time around, the loser will be just that — now, and forevermore.
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The winner of Game 3 secures the No. 8 seed and the loser enters the lottery.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2023
  • If Russia is the loser in this new scenario, the U.S. is the winner.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The losers of those two games will play the winners of the ninth and tenth-place teams from each conference.
    David Wysong, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The losers of this match will take home $1 million and the winners will earn double.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The 10 losers from the top 20 dropped between zero and six spots each except for the two from the Mountain West.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
  • This week’s chart shows some of the winners and losers, along with the categories that helped or hurt them.
    Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The loser would have to wear the opposing team's jersey.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • There are going to be winners of this new world, and there are going to be losers.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 17 July 2023
  • Catch up on which candidates clashed and the winners and losers from the first GOP debate.
    Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • There are a lot of people feeling like a loser just like you.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The winners and losers from Friday night’s game meet Sunday.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • That is why the Horned Frogs top the biggest winners and losers on the bubble this Saturday.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Consumer staples shares were the biggest losers in the S&P 500 on Friday.
    WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Toenails are for losers The rain picked up around mile 10, and so did the pain in my knees, my left heel, my hip flexors and more.
    The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2023
  • The Bruins, 6-3 losers in Game 2, could use Bergeron’s steady, strong hands in the faceoff circle.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • There were no losers...except those who quit or cheated.
    Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Looking at the EVs on the market for 2023, winners and losers in the incentives game start to emerge based on where they're built.
    John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2023
  • That would have failed, just like trying to find winners and losers hasn’t help house anyone in the United States over the last decade.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • In fact, Trump may end up as a double loser—in the eyes of both a jury and the voters in the early primaries.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2023
  • If the measure of success is survival, even the fittest members of a flourishing species are losers in the long run.
    Robert Pogue Harrison, The New York Review of Books, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Ravu were the losers, with Jessica being the biggest loser of all.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024

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