6 sentences with 'stake'
Example sentences and phrases with the word stake and other words derived from it.
• « There were too many things at stake for me to be satisfied with the opinion of just one doctor. »
• « Roman citizens were, by law, supposed to have a stake in the Republic. They took pride in who they were, and it was the common patriotic desire to fight and expand the Republic among the citizen-soldiers that created, at least in part, such an effective army. »
• « In the months that followed, British forces failed to make headway against the Ottomans, and the Ottoman leadership rightly felt that the very survival of the Ottoman state was at stake in the war. »
• « Instead, however, Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev engaged carefully in behind-the-scenes diplomacy, both realising what was at stake in the conflict and, fortunately for world history, not wanting to destroy the world in the name of national pride. »
• « I think he tried to quit smoking, but, even though he knew his life was at stake, he found it impossible to abstain. Nevertheless, he felt stronger and we got back on track. »