Examples of 'stake' in a sentence
Meaning of "stake"
stake (noun) - a sum of money or something else of value gambled on the outcome of a risky game or venture
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- A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
- A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
- A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
- The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
How to use "stake" in a sentence
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There is more at stake now than just us.
So stake out the past crime scenes.
I have got a big stake in this valley.
A stake will get me where nobody knows.
The amount of tax at stake is relatively contained.
Not that there is anything at stake now.
So we get to stake out a hive of killer bees.
There is just too much at stake now.
I would stake my life on either one of them.
There is a lot at stake with this run.
They stake out the club here.
Millions of lives are at stake because of this thing.
I thought it was important you understand what was at stake.
Take the stake in your left hand.
It was my ancestor who burned her at the stake.
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Set depth stake for shallower tilling.
And he sizzled on the stake like a pig.
What is at stake here is our common future.
But the basic decision is at stake now.
What is at stake is the protection of dignified life.
I would rather take a stake to the heart.
Lives are at stake and a speedy response is essential.
I have not got what to stake you.
We have a vital stake in achieving this objective.
My players have league scoring records at stake.
Then we stake out our next target.
The future of the next generation is at stake.
Let us stake this place out tonight.
But do not ever stake your soul.
But now our entire fate is at stake.
There is a stake on the end of that rope.
There is so much more at stake than you.
And you stake out the lobby.
I do not care if you did survive the stake.
Make a stake for his new wife.
Anyone would think your virtue was at stake.
Place the stake over the spot.
All three of us have something at stake here.
Someone put a stake through his heart.
I think we all know what is at stake here.
I have a profound stake in this because of my origins.
And now when your ass is at stake.
Everyone has a stake in space security today.
I had a move coming up to block that stake.
Maybe we should stake out the store.
The very credibility of the negotiations is at stake.
Much was clearly at stake for both parties.
But the lives of thousands of people are at stake.
Or with a stake of holly through the heart.
We both have a lot at stake in this town.
