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
• And he should be encouraged by those others who somehow overcame the long odds to become names in the game.
  — Chuck Murr, Forbes, 25 Sep. 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
• But the proposal faces long odds, just as similar efforts in Springfield do.
  — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Zoom in: Democrats now have no choice but to attempt a political Hail Mary: lean on a series of races with long odds but surprisingly narrow polling deficits.
  — Noah Bressner, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
• Popular on Variety Overcoming long odds, the Mariachi Oro teams have managed to secure their own fair share of trophies and acclaim over the years.
  — Joe Leydon, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
• 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
• But that bill faces long odds, considering that many other Republicans do not support it and because there's controversy over the offsets.
  — Peter Sullivan, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024