How to Use raw deal in a Sentence

raw deal

noun
  • But this whole line of discussion is still kind of a raw deal.
    — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • But the truth is, for us dividend investors, gold is a raw deal.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes, 11 June 2022
  • No matter what raw deal the world gives her, this is not an artist who will be settling for less.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2022
  • Nobody can make a passionate case that Zenger got a raw deal.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 21 May 2018
  • One last midnight, brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal.
    — SI.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Some of Kenzo’s social media fans say the dog is getting a raw deal.
    — Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
  • So repurchases suddenly look like a raw deal, at least in the short term.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Mothers who for some reason could not get a job — or go on disability — got a raw deal.
    — New York Times, 15 May 2018
  • That’s a raw deal for someone with your interests and inclinations, but life’s full of raw deals.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 27 Nov. 2020
  • This is not a film for the squeamish, the easily depressed or anyone who thinks that men have had a raw deal of it lately.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 July 2022
  • That's a bit of a raw deal for a team that is unanimously considered to have improved this summer.
    — Richard Morin, azcentral, 16 July 2019
  • The streaming wars have created an arms race for the hottest shows and movies, but the writers behind them are getting a raw deal.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2021
  • In this turbulent era, there’s almost a nostalgic appeal to the grifter, who rejects the raw deal of birth.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • In one sense, last December’s draw saw Portugal receive one of the rawest deals of them all.
    — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 7 June 2018
  • In a statement to Fox News, McCabe's lawyers said, his client got a raw deal from his old boss.
    — Fox News, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Whether Caligula got a raw deal from history is a subject of hot and unyielding debate.
    — New York Times, 12 Jan. 2021
  • In some industries—such as airlines, telecoms and retail banking—the public seems to be getting a raw deal.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Is anyone tossed into the Wild Card race getting a raw deal just because their teammate is a favorite?
    — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 19 May 2021
  • Whether Caligula got a raw deal from history is a subject of unyielding debate.
    — Star Tribune, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The Heisman winner and former UO star got a raw deal with the Titans.
    — John Canzano, oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Wilks, frankly, got a raw deal in his lone head coaching opportunity, in 2018.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Should the Nafta talks collapse—or Mexico be seen as getting a raw deal in any agreement—Mr.
    — Dudley Althaus, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Women get a raw deal on mortgages in nearly every corner of the country, a new analysis of federal data has found.
    — al, 1 Apr. 2021
  • David Kosse, vice president of international film at Netflix, got something of a raw deal.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Dairy insiders say the industry has gotten a raw deal as milk-alternatives such as soy milk, rice milk, and almond milk have become more popular.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 July 2019
  • As India’s own history shows, the nativist road inevitably leads to cronyism, inefficiency and a raw deal for consumers.
    — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2019
  • As for the people who are running for office, one of them seems to be getting a raw deal from the Commission on Presidential Debates.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Having been whistled for 16 fouls in the span of three games, each whistle feeling more targeted than the last, Collins was certain officials were giving him a raw deal.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • First Kentucky got a raw deal, and then Arkansas was robbed of its first victory against Auburn since that four-overtime game in 2015.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Inside both Visa and Plaid, the feeling was that the Justice Department’s discovery process had given the companies a raw deal.
    — Rey Mashayekhi, Fortune, 16 June 2021

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