How to Use losing in a Sentence

losing

adjective
  • That was its first losing week in four and just its third in the last 12.
    — al, 8 Aug. 2023
  • But Cleveland cannot seem to break out of its losing ways.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
  • That turned out to be the losing side, which earned him a six-month prison term at the war’s end.
    — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Being a very good player on a losing team isn’t rare in sports.
    — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The first team to seven points wins, and the losing team runs suicides.
    — Aaron Reiss, kansascity, 1 July 2018
  • The stock market is coming off a losing week.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The market is coming off a losing week.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The market is coming off a losing week.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The whole enterprise felt like a losing game.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
  • It feels destined to be a losing battle.
    — Miami Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
  • For the third straight season, the Bears went on a losing streak of four games or more.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The losing team has failed to reach 100 points in the last two meetings.
    — Chris Wassel, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 27 Oct. 2019
  • With one more win, the Spurs can sew up their first non-losing season in just as long.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The losing side will surely drift this way as the hours pass on Wednesday.
    — Gregory Krieg, CNN, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The market notched a losing day and week on Friday.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Po-Yu Chen was the losing pitcher.
    — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But Prescott hadn’t been on the losing end of a lopsided game such as that.
    — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 21 Sep. 2017
  • That was the first time this series the losing team scored something other than two goals.
    — Tim Hackett, SI.com, 22 May 2018
  • It’s been 16 years since either team has had a losing season.
    — Brad Schlossman, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Stock futures are up this morning after a losing day.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Stock futures are down this morning after a losing day.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Assuming your team isn't on the losing end of them, upsets are some of the best parts of sports.
    — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2017
  • But on a losing team that couldn’t get him the football, Sanders made faces and bellyached.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Stocks are on pace for a losing month when trading resumes on Friday.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Stocks are on pace for a losing month when trading resumes on Friday.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Toure scored a team-high 16 points in the losing effort Monday night.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2025
  • And for the second time, the Tigers found themselves on the losing end of the game because of it.
    — Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The team has endured seven straight losing seasons, three since his return.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • No other teams are close; the third-longest losing streak belongs to the Vikings, at four games.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2020
  • The three major indexes are coming off a losing day.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026

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