How to Use long odds in a Sentence

long odds

noun

• The book is said to be about the long odds Davis faced in making the NFL.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2024
• The deal that once faced long odds now appears to be on a path to approval.
  — Adam Satariano, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
• The Bills were 5-5 in mid-November and faced long odds just to make the playoffs.
  — Alanis Thames, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
• Still, both Kiley and Sanchez face long odds to success.
  — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2024
• The bad news is that every year, a handful of people do wind up on the wrong end of those very long odds.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 July 2023
• There is a degree of pride that emerges from living in a place that is facing long odds.
  — Richard E. Ocejo, TIME, 2 July 2024
• What initially were long odds become even longer over time.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2023
• Fisker, as ever, must be counting on short memories and long odds.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2023
• Chauvin faces long odds at the Supreme Court, which declines to decide the vast majority of appeals.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• The data underscores not only the long odds of securing the rarest bottles of bourbon.
  — oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2023
• One’s a kid from an area where opportunities to play are spread far apart who beat long odds to play in the National Hockey League.
  — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
• The bill, left pending an April 18 committee hearing, faces long odds to pass before the legislative session ends May 29.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 7 May 2023
• Most Americans know it as a tale about facing your fears, steeling yourself and prevailing against long odds.
  — Kate Bachelder Odell, WSJ, 24 May 2023
• Still, nothing in this book ultimately challenges the prevailing view that the United States and its South Vietnamese allies always faced very long odds in this war.
  — Fredrik Logevall, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2012
• Even if the House did approve the articles, the prospect of removing Mayorkas from his office faced long odds in the Senate, which has the power to hold a trial to remove an impeached official.
  — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2024
• On the fourth day of his hospitalization, the fix finally worked and, despite the long odds, he was eventually discharged — albeit 25 pounds lighter.
  — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023
• Phillips announced his presidential campaign late last month and faces long odds at making a dent in Mr. Biden's Democratic support.
  — Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2023
• Historically, the Derby winner represents well in the Preakness, even when winning the Derby at long odds.
  — Liam Durbin, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
• The wrestlers, meanwhile, dream of breakthroughs despite the long odds against reaching the big time, enduring the physical punishment and occasional indignities that go with the gig.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
• West faces long odds in his quest to become the first candidate not affiliated with a major political party to win the presidency.
  — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
• Kelly faces long odds in his battle to topple his conviction, as federal appeals courts only overturn a small percentage of the convictions that are appealed each year.
  — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2024
• Democrats are trying to force the court to adopt a code of ethics through legislation or budgetary proposals, though those efforts still face long odds—given Republicans’ opposition.
  — Alison Durkee, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• Democrats are trying to force the court to adopt a code of ethics through legislation or budgetary proposals, though those efforts still face long odds—given Republicans’ likely opposition.
  — Alison Durkee, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• Lee wanted wealth and stability, not to scrabble around in obscurity hoping to beat impossibly long odds.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• The proposal, which faces long odds to becoming law, would also exempt new properties in an apparent bid to blunt the common criticism that rent caps stifle development.
  — Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 20 July 2024
• Lake faced extremely long odds in her challenge, needing to prove not only that misconduct occurred, but also that it was intended to deny her victory and did in fact result in the wrong woman being declared the winner.
  — Jacques Billeaud, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
• Georgia labor laws also discourage organizing, meaning the union push faces long odds in succeeding.
  — Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 15 Sep. 2023
• Some of you may wish to hear that Daddy’s money couldn’t overcome the long odds and that David is today no better off for his virtual high-school experience than the average twentysomething apprenticing in the family business.
  — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
• The proposal faces long odds in a Legislature controlled by a Democratic super-majority.
  — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
• Biden referred to his tenuous political standing Tuesday, against referring to Truman, whose own run for the presidency was a battle against long odds as he was widely written off before prevailing in 1948.
  — Toluse Olorunnipa, Washington Post, 17 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Oct 2024