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.
  • Ibis are Brazil’s favourite losers.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Yes, the Sharks are no longer losers.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • A lot of ugly men are just losers.
    — Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But there are plenty of losers.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2025
  • There is no winners and there is no losers.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • That’s who the biggest losers will be.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There should not be winners and losers.
    — Mark Denzler, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • As with most shocks, there are winners and losers.
    — Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 9 Mar. 2026
  • There won’t be pool play or a losers bracket.
    — Maggie Hendricks, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Day slate, as losers of eight of their last 11 games.
    — Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • There will be winners and losers on and off the pitch.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 7 June 2026
  • In a case like this, there are no winners or losers.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • But the loser goes home, which makes the stakes high enough.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Trump states again are the biggest losers if things go as planned.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Was he supposed to laugh at him and call him a loser?
    — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The loser turns in their helmets and pads.
    — Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
  • There will be winners and losers in that equation.
    — Julie Appleby, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • As usual, the big loser would be the fans.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • There will be both winners and losers when the dust settles.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • But for every big winner, there are many more losers.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The loser goes home in that second game.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
  • There are efforts to pick winners and losers.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Peace would also bring likely losers as well.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But that's just what the loser and hater critics had to say.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But that’s just what the loser and hater critics had to say.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Some of last year’s losers also staged big comebacks.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'loser.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: