Use "stakes" in a sentence

1. That sound like high stakes

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2. " Lmore chided about the paucity of the stakes

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3. My own boots – softened so that I may wear them without getting blisters straight away – plus an old pair of Gilla’s will have to suffice in the footware stakes

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4. In this case the stakes are big, bigger than anything he has attempted before

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5. This time, she thinks, the stakes are higher

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6. ‘True, but the stakes are now much higher

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7. They went to each of the evenly spaced little stakes marking the next post's location

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8. It proved of excellent advantage to me now, that when I was a boy, I used to take great delight in standing at a basket-maker’s, in the town where my father lived, to see them make their wicker-ware; and being, as boys usually are, very officious to help, and a great observer of the manner in which they worked those things, and sometimes lending a hand, I had by these means full knowledge of the methods of it, and I wanted nothing but the materials, when it came into my mind that the twigs of that tree from whence I cut my stakes that grew might possibly be as tough as the sallows, willows, and osiers in England, and I resolved to try

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11. The large wooden gates in front of him were further protected by rows of wooden stakes that would allow a wagon through but only via a torturous S that meant no one could charge the gates

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12. It took over an hour to maneuver all of the vardos through the stakes and into the quad where they were placed in the traditional circle

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13. The One needs every bit of Consciousness that develops in this realm, the stakes are too high

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14. ‘watches’ everywhere and the stakes are

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15. “Raises the stakes to be in love, doesn’t it?”

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16. “Banging stakes in and then trying to string wire between them would be absolute suicide and whoever tried it wouldn’t last more than a few seconds

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17. “Remember we want prisoners dead Hun’s are no good so when we hear their wire party start to put the stakes in we will rush them

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18. “The later waves will be carrying the same as you but in addiation Vickers and Lewis machine guns and ammo, barbed wire and stakes plus what ever else is needed to consolidate the enemy terrain we capture in the attack

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19. We had been tripping up over the shit that they had made us carry like angle iron stakes, spiral stakes as well as water cans that were empty and had probably been riddled by bullets

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20. But Em was upstairs, and the last thing her sister needed right now was more high stakes drama

21. But if nothing else, they kept each other out of the matrimonial stakes

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22. But this is just the latest skirmish in a very long war, and the stakes are higher than you can imagine

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23. If the stakes were high enough, he was capable of anything

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24. Whatever the reason he restrained himself now, I had no doubt that he would use all his power if the stakes were high enough

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25. The stakes were too high

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26. And I had to find out exactly how much of myself was at risk, to what measures he would go to force my obedience when the stakes were so high

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27. The stakes were very high

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28. They must be playing for very high stakes

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29. were bugging a lead on a high stakes poker marathon

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30. in conservatorship and the Treasury has taken controlling ownership stakes in them

31. Those are high stakes

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32. the curtains of your habitations: spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes; 3 For you shall break out on the right

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33. Some of the pursuits on offer are not to my taste; some of the members enjoy gambling for extremely high stakes, while others enjoy spending their time with one or more of the beautiful women who seem to be freely available

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34. stakes filtering the garbage so that the water may continue

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35. Older children ran through the crowd with wooden stakes, sticks, and rocks, pounding them into the ground to secure the web

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36. seemed he had pulled out all the stops in the fashion stakes tonight but he wasn’t about to spoil her evening

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37. a dent, it wasn’t Derek himself that was to blame, it was the fact that Petunia was winning in the social stakes, it was obvious too

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38. Tell me what do you prefer, burning flames, rolling heads, multitudes of stakes, blah, blah, blah?”

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39. The stakes are high, and the playing field

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40. Jesse bid on it and raised the stakes, as the guy across from us wanted it just as badly, he and the guy went at it

41. for nearly six years for this new baby to come and the stakes

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42. The team had sounded out external security measures, determined the internal layout and positions of defenses, ammo storage, airplane positioning, and officer bunkers in order to determine where to place the aiming stakes and position the rockets and mortars

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43. And seeing that the vines were suitably supported on stakes and the ground moreover dug up and all the weeds rooted out and the vines fruitful he was greatly pleased with the work of his slave

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44. The field is this world; and the Lord of the field is He who created and perfected and strengthened all things; [and the son is the Holy Spirit; ] and the slave is the Son of God; and the vines are this people whom He Himself planted; and the stakes are the holy angels of the Lord who keep His people together; and the weeds that were plucked out of the vineyard are the iniquities of God's servants; and the dishes which He sent Him from His able are the commandments which He gave His people through His Son; and the friends and fellow-councillors are the holy angels who were first created; and the Master's absence from home is the time that remains until His appearing

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45. “The stakes are not as high as they might be in a student’s workplace

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46. “Maybe, I will just pull up stakes and visit some other friends out west somewhere

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47. Each big male stakes out a part of the woods

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48. Some of the houses were up on stilts—built of vertical stakes like bamboo, and roofed with thatch

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49. With every job the stakes got higher and when, on one occasion her misleading intentions were discovered by her mark as she rummaged through his strong box, she was required to fight for her life and Zerch ever near had needed to rescue her

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50. "I sensed this was going too slickly, but… I can think of only one thing—we play it as it lies, wait for the right conditions as long as feasible, then pull up stakes and try next year

51. The player just ahead of Calvin had raised the stakes dramatically

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52. Several days’ labour preparing the defences were evident, with several ditches dug into the frozen ground at the track’s entrance to slow a charge up and lines of sharpened stakes had been driven into the ground to stop any cavalry

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53. Why had he pulled up stakes? She was the aggrieved one

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54. the higher a DJ gets in the music industry, the higher the stakes become

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55. After trudging up the path, Tim marked the area I pointed to with the stakes and twine and asked me why I’d picked it

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56. Raising the productivity of employees whose jobs cannot be automated is the next great performance challenge—and the stakes are high

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57. were involved in a game where the stakes were high

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58. game where the stakes were high and the playing

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59. If the stakes are high and time allows, we should think before acting!

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60. The reporters and students are directed to Richard for new stakes in MAG as Jason is now head of the conglomerate and outside of the r and d floor

61. Despite well-honed diversionary tactics they proved superior in the conversation stakes and I remained the sole topic

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62. Opposite to the library, a group of elegant horses was stationed frolicking near a water fountain made of dark wood stakes

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63. The stakes are high because if indeed

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64. thoroughly complicated and high stakes world is

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65. Inevitable Battle for the highest possible stakes

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66. Raise the Stakes, what's at risk

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67. stakes of the game

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68. You can always Raise the Stakes, Increase the rhythm of the

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69. Raise the Stakes

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70. Being evenly matched in the verbal stakes, our first slanging match was memorable - warming the insides and leaving us relaxed

71. the reader's interest? Raise the stakes

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72. You constantly Raise The Stakes, the price that your character will have to pay for failure

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73. This raises the stakes

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74. Not only guns but knives, blades, stakes and staves

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75. couple of wooden stakes would not go amiss

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76. `That is setting the stakes too high

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77. They could only be destroyed by sunlight, holy water, garlic and wooden stakes through the heart

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78. In sandy or loose soil, put large rocks on top of tent stakes to hold them in

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79. In rocky soil, where tent stakes won’t take, use rocks inside the corners of your tent to anchor it securely

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80. The record will show (for a few months, at least) that Gerard died after committing suicide and that Paul, totally unconnected with the Gerard scenario, has done what he has done before and pulled up stakes to move on to some unknown destination

81. But now the stakes were higher and, along with that, so were the risks

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82. Or any game with stakes, but wasn’t that what I was doing already? All of us with lives on the line were playing with the ultimate stakes

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83. He helped pound the stakes into the ground and tie those men to the stakes

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84. “Do you have any wooden stakes?”

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85. “We can get some stakes here

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86. They came up with about ten good stakes

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87. The stakes: If you’re investing a lot of money launching a new product to a major market with established competition, the stakes are high

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88. Tim had a bow with wooden arrows, a few stakes for Vampires and a container of holy water

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89. The stakes were too high and the probability of success too low

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90. Consider the stakes, read the material for yourself

91. "Yes, we compromised ourselves by taking them into custody, but the stakes were too large to do it any other way

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92. The stakes grew higher and 20 minutes into the game, four players had to pull out losing their month's wages

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93. • Stakes Race – A term used to describe the highest class of horse racing

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94. When they got there a group of men were already pulling the monster off the sharpened stakes they had set in the bottom of a pit covered with dry leaves, and it stopped lowing

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95. A hundred stakes

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96. If I have to risk my political career on this subject, then I better understand fully what is at stakes here

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97. big projects for high stakes

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98. He recalled the discomfort he had experienced at having to sleep with these cases on the steamer across the Atlantic; the sleep deprivation had almost inspired him to abandon the entire scheme, but the stakes, including the monetary compensation, were too great for that

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99. As for guys they really don�t care about petty things like that, except of course if the stakes are high, then guys start doing some really scary and at times rather idiotic of things

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100. He always believed that was carrying the game to the extremes, especially when the stakes involved land and homes, and had long ago resolved to risk only that cash which he had on him at the time