fight a losing battle

For most of these people they were fighting a losing battle.

"For he was fighting a losing battle and they killed him."

He seemed to be fighting a losing battle with the sun.

Why do we seem to be fighting a losing battle with inflation?

For two weeks he'd been fighting a losing battle with Bullet.

Sharon was looking at the floor, fighting a losing battle with her hands.

He fought a losing battle, trying to keep from crying.

We would regard an approach of this kind as fighting a losing battle.

Visitors can also learn why they've fought a losing battle all summer.

But the committee may be fighting a losing battle on those fronts.

There have been years when four or more players were fighting a losing battle with alcohol.

Well, if that was the case, then they were certainly fighting a losing battle, Tyler decided.

For the rest of his life Taylor fought a losing battle against this policy.

McCoy could see that he was fighting a losing battle.

So she was fighting a losing battle of the bulge.

"Fly" is based on the story of a couple fighting a losing battle against the wife's cancer.

Ford called out from the controls he was still fighting a losing battle with.

But in the case of a collapsing environment they are fighting a losing battle.

He was fighting a losing battle with an evil grin.

The sun fought a losing battle against the cloud cover.

He was sprawled out on his side and fighting a losing battle with sleep.

"We were fighting a losing battle trying to contain all the mail."

With complaints growing each year, the officers know they are fighting a losing battle.

The increasingly desperate king knows he is fighting a losing battle.

The look on his face spoke volumes: he was fighting a losing battle.