"Odds" Example Sentences
1. The odds are against us winning this game.
2. I'd say the odds of it raining today are 50/50.
3. She has long odds of being elected president.
4. The house always has the odds in its favor in a casino.
5. The sports book gives him 5 to 1 odds of winning the marathon.
6. Against all odds, he managed to climb the tall mountain.
7. We have an even chance, the odds are 50/50.
8. The poll shows him trailing his opponent by long odds.
9. They faced insurmountable odds but persevered anyway.
10. The bookies set the betting odds for the horse race.
11. His plan has almost no chance of success, the odds are astronomical.
12. Let's make it interesting, I'll give you 2 to 1 odds in our bet.
13. I'd say the odds are in your favor that it will rain tomorrow.
14. Their chance of winning the championship is less than 1%. The odds are stacked against them.
15. She defied the odds and graduated at the top of her class.
16. I'll take those odds, you're on!
17. Underdogs often have the best odds because no one expects them to win.
18. With today's technology, the odds of failure are very low.
19. The gambling addiction ruined his life, despite long odds against winning.
20. They struggled against tremendous odds to survive the storm.
21. Those are bad odds, I wouldn't bet on that horse.
22. Let's calculate the odds that at least one of us will win the lottery this week.
23. The team's prospects of winning the championship are long odds indeed.
24. I like those odds! I'll place $100 on red.
25. He had a 1 in a million chance but somehow beat the odds.
26. The survey figures put our candidate far behind, the odds are against him.
27. We'll need a miracle to win this race, the odds are insurmountable.
28. The doctor didn't give her high odds of surviving the surgery.
29. The house has the advantage as the casino always sets the odds in its favor.
30. She overcame impressive odds to achieve her dream.
31. The beleaguered company faced impossible odds but somehow survived.
32. Those aren't very good odds for an investment. I'd look elsewhere.
33. Even money is the fairest bet with equal odds of winning.
34. I like playing the underdog because they have better odds.
35. Their chances of success seem slim but they persevere against all odds.
36. The longshot candidate faces astronomical odds of winning the election.
37. They proved the skeptics wrong and beat the odds to victory.
38. The flight has a 99% chance of arriving on time, the odds are in your favor.
39. The odds against him make his mission seem impossible.
40. The sports analysts are giving us very low odds in tomorrow's game.
41. With hard work and determination, you can beat the odds.
42. Despite the odds being against me, I persevered anyway.
43. The betting line predicts his low odds of winning the race.
44. Most people laughed at his plan but he beat the long odds anyway.
45. His chances of survival were slim, but against all odds, he pulled through.
46. The team faced insurmountable odds but fought bravely to the end.
47. Scientists calculate very low odds of intelligent life existing on other planets.
48. The plucky team fought admirably against all odds.
49. The longshot candidate defied the odds and won the election.
50. Give me 3 to 1 odds and you've got yourself a bet!
51. Against all odds, he proved his critics wrong.
52. Risk and reward are directly correlated - higher odds, higher payoff.
53. The bookie gave 10 to 1 odds on the horse winning the race.
54. The doctor warned her the odds against full recovery were high.
55. The underdog team fought courageously against seemingly impossible odds.
56. We need a miracle to win, the betting line shows us at 100 to 1 odds.
57. The unfavored team defied the odds and pulled off an improbable victory.
58. The insurance company sets the premiums based on statistical odds of accidents.
59. He beat the staggering odds and climbed Everest.
60. They fought valiantly against overwhelming odds.
Common Phases
The
odds are against/in your favor - used to indicate that something is unlikely/likely to happen
Against all
odds - in spite of very difficult circumstances
Beat the
odds - to succeed when the chances of success are low
Stack the
odds against - to make it less likely that something will succeed
Fight
odds - try to overcome difficult circumstances
Change the
odds - alter the likelihood of something occurring
Long
odds - very low chance of something happening
At
odds - in disagreement
Even
odds - an equal chance of something happening
Heavy
odds - a very low chance
The
odds on - the probability of something happening, as assessed by a bookmaker
Odds and ends - random leftover items
Odds and sods - various bits and pieces
So in context:
He beat the
odds and won the competition.
Against all
odds, they managed to save the animal's life.
The doctor said she had little chance of survival, but against the long
odds she pulled through.
The changes to the laws will stack the
odds against smaller businesses.
Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.