How to use stake in a sentence

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• That horse is twenty-to-one on, so you need to stake twenty pounds just to win one pound.From the entry on
• The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake.From the entry cold
• What is at stake in these next 20 minutes is the championship.From the entry at stake
• Doesn't he realize that all of our lives are at stake here too?From the entry at stake
• The bank robber decided to take a hostage in order to raise the stakes.From the entry raise the stakes
• Who are the nations that have staked a claim to Antarctica lands?From the entry stake a claim
• The state employees' pension fund is the main institutional investor with a stake in that company.From the entry institutional investor
• Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.From the entry abound
• The gambler staked everything on one throw of the dice.From the entry throw
• Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush.From the entry claim
• Out of bounds starts at the white stake.From the entry out of bounds
• With a royal flush, he decided to raise the stakes.From the entry raise the stakes
• They just pulled up stakes and left.From the entry pull up stakes
• She was burned at the stake.From the entry burn
• Throw the shoe from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.From the entry shoe
• When a suitable site block is detected, the villager starts pathfinding to it, staking a provisional claim.2024 December 11 (last accessed), “Villager”, in Minecraft Wiki. From the entry pathfinding
• I staked my entire reputation on being a man of science.2024 October 21, Paul Simms, “The Return of Jerry” (15:34 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 6, episode 1, spoken by…. From the entry pull one's pud
• “The whole world has a stake in maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.2023 June 3, Haley Britzky, Brad Lendon, quoting Lloyd Austin, “Taiwan war would be ‘devastating,’ warns US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin…. From the entry devastating
• Yet as a villain it’s not fully formed, which makes caring about the stakes an uphill climb.2023 July 5, Murtada Elfadl, “Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One review: Tom Cruise runs, jumps, and delivers again”, in AV Club. From the entry uphill climb
• We get it: you're a vampire-killer, with the stakes and the reflexes and all that-- great job.”2021 September 2, Paul Simms, “The Prisoner” (11:30 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 3, episode 1, spoken by The…. From the entry chillax
• Everyone has skin in the game, and the stakes are high.2020 July 9, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley's War Against the Media”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé…. From the entry Grey Tribe
• Eight years later, after the company went public, his stake was worth more than $1 billion.2019, Gary Rivlin, “Venture Capital 101”, in Becoming a Venture Capitalist, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, pages 17–18. From the entry PayPaler
• “A yedder's weaved through a stake to make a fence or bind an 'edge, you see.2016 November 1, Allison Littlewood, The Hidden People, Jo Fletcher Books, →ISBN. From the entry yedder
• But what is at stake in the microscopic examination of folkways?2015, Philip Manning, “William Graham Sumner’s Proto-symbolic Interactionism”, in Philip D. Manning, editor, On Folkways and Mores…. From the entry folkway
• The reason was that China's stability was at stake, according to Singapore's statesman Lee Kuan Yew.2014 October 10, Diane M. Francis, “Why Does China Get To Renege on Its Promise of Democracy in Hong Kong?”, in HuffPost. From the entry so be it
• Eric swiftly kills the guards, and Bill stakes Nan in the heart.2012, Nicki Bixter, Quicklet on True Blood Season 4 (TV Show Episode Guide). From the entry teamup
• But the stakes couldn't be higher, so we've got to leave it all on the field.2012, Barack Obama, “Administration of Barack Obama, 2012/Sep. 18”, in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama…. From the entry leave it all on the field
• Wasn't I the big dill-pickle to stake 'em to a Greek revolution.2010 [1918], Robert W. Chambers, The Laughing Girl, page 278. From the entry dill pickle
• The next two floors were similar though not quite as spectacular and the stakes were lower.2004, Tim Hatton, Tock Tock Birds: A Spider in the Web of International Terrorism, page 284. From the entry floor
• My team had Charlie Mello's open stake truck, so we looked especially like Third Worldian migrant labourers.2004, Jim Kelley (editor), Tales from the Teamhouse, True Special Forces Stories, page 349. From the entry third-worldian

Meaning of stake

1. noun 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.
2. noun 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.
3. noun A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) 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; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.

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Questions about stake in a sentence

How do you use stake in a sentence?

Stake is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.”

What is a short sentence with stake?

“to stake vines or plants”

What does stake mean?

Stake means 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.