Most rational observers would have been careful not to stake much on the outcome.

But then there was at stake much beyond life, and we took no risks.

Were not some of those old scenes at the stake much like this scene before him?

To stake all on the assertion of the impossibility of so-called miracles is as foolish as to stake much on the affirmation of their actuality.

But here, the financial stakes are much lower and the creative stakes much higher.

He had staked much upon a little campaign at the Foreign Office in London.

He had staked much upon one throw.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has staked much of his hopes for re-election on the fall in overall violence.

England had staked much and lost.

Since 2015, Moscow has staked much on its most aggressive military intervention outside its borders since the Cold War.

But though I have staked much on the power of words, I know that the imagination has its limits.

The broadcaster has staked much on the Paralympics, hoping it will help redefine its image while breaking even commercially.

President Obama has staked much of his presidency on winning what he calls a "necessary war" in Afghanistan.

All were more or less oppressed with anxiety, for nearly all of them had staked much upon the coming battle.

With the stakes much lower this time, the Penguins will wrap up a four-game road trip against the Sharks on Saturday.

Maliki has staked much of his re-election hopes on being credited for a sharp fall in violence over the past two years.