Meaning if you hang on hoping for something to turn up, you invariably lose much more.

He took their side even against himself, and saw to it, thus, that he invariably lost in the war against women.

As a poker player she would invariably lose her shirt.

No players would write off the playoffs, perhaps because teams that expect to lose will invariably lose.

He could not stop himself getting into fights, and at 10 stone and five foot nine, he invariably lost them.

When appointed officials get in fights with elected officials, they invariably lose.

Floyd's wife Barbara and her partner (they rotated) invariably lost every game.

Beyond are the games of chance, where the visitor invariably loses more than he gains.

After all, when the government makes decisions for us, we invariably lose more than we gain.

Following the wars, they invariably lost their jobs in industry and had to return to domestic and service roles.