Political experts said the election proved, at least on the local level, that the big red states are not lost causes for the right kind of Democrat.

All you've ever backed were losing causes.

Most alcoholics were lost causes, but just maybe he could get Porter into rehab.

At the time the label was given to him, Stephens disagreed, stating they were not lost causes: "I usually win".

Folks loaded down and trudging back to the parking lot were, by and large, lost causes.

You used to keep the middle men around to pitch in games that were lost causes.

He closed his eyes, the lids weighted by decades of sleepless nights and lost causes.

Some things were just obviously lost causes from the start.

The rest were lost causes, but surely no Jason.

She did not believe in lost loves or lost causes.