Trying to convince him to change his risky habits was a lost cause, but I couldn't stop trying.

The attorney argued that the client had a valid cause of action against the manufacturer for selling a defective product.

The engineer argued that the efficient cause of the bridge's collapse was the corroded support beams that failed under load.

The scientist argued that the material cause of the ancient pottery was a local clay rich in iron.

In his lecture, the philosopher argued that the formal cause determines the structure of living organisms just as a blueprint guides an architect.

In Aristotle's philosophy, the final cause explains why an acorn becomes an oak rather than simply how it grows.

The coroner concluded that he had died of natural causes after a thorough examination.

The attorney reviewed the complaint to identify all possible causes of action before filing.

Philosophers debated whether the universe requires a first cause that itself is uncaused.

Philosophers debated whether the universe's order could be explained by final causes.