Examples of 'long odds' in a sentence

Meaning of "long odds"

This phrase refers to the low probability or likelihood of something happening or being successful
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  • poor chances; unlikeliness, improbability

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Senator at long odds on her first start.
I heard you took the long odds on me.
Long odds are irrelevant.
Always a sucker for the long odds.
The long odds against his nomination appear longer than ever.
I have beaten long odds before.
Where brave pioneers survived against long odds.
Pretty long odds.
Run the slow horse to get the long odds.
Go for long odds.
The stake is so huge it makes up for the long odds.
Is someone who has faced long odds and come through every time.
I was facing some pretty long odds.
All three nations face similar long odds before a sustainable political system can be stabilized.
We beat some very long odds.

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By long odds the best thing Miss Harlow has done to date.
I do not care about long odds.
Long odds to protect an unrepentant fugitive from justice, not a peep out of you?
Good enough to give long odds.
He is facing long odds in the courtroom - and this is only his first case.
Thought you liked long odds.
But underscoring the long odds for him, party leaders promptly rejected his campaign.
It feels like very long odds.
We are looking at pretty long odds here . Getting into that camp, getting everybody out.
Three to one are long odds.
Long odds for the Brothers of the Night 's Watch.
You play the long odds.
Going to these lengths that these two guys are going, they are playing some long odds.
Always was long odds.
Bond so tightly together and really kind of succeed under very long odds.
But the plan faces long odds in Congress.
Those with brain or bone cancers faced long odds.
It 's like getting paid long odds on a dark horse.
The remaining four horses entered were all at very long odds.
My dad 's never met long odds he did not like.
Now tell me who she is and what are the pathetically long odds.
And what are the pathetically long odds that she 's gonna visit or call.
Vandello says monkeys and chimps might share our proclivity for long odds.
But skepticism did not bother him, the same way long odds did not seem to bother him.
The data show that any prospective purchaser in this sector faces long odds.
We have faced some long odds before, Skipper.
Trey said Tom Kirkman is someone who has faced long odds I see.
Long odds by anybody 's book.
A foolish gamble at long odds.
Hey, long odds are what you want when you are a world-class gambler.
She has been too busy overcoming long odds to tell it.
The real victory is in the character 's refusal to give up against long odds.
You ignore the scoreboard. Long odds are irrelevant.
You sure you are ready to bet your badge on this? Pretty long odds.
South Korea 's struggle for democracy faced similarly long odds and took years to achieve success.

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