play a losing game

Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.

And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.

I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!

But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.

Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.

Big Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.