COST in a Sentence
Learn COST from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
390 example sentences for COST, such as:
1. Please figure out the total cost.
2. It must have cost a pretty penny.
3. They cost a tremendous amount of money.
4. I must admit I was surprised it cost so little.
5. The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.
2. It must have cost a pretty penny.
3. They cost a tremendous amount of money.
4. I must admit I was surprised it cost so little.
5. The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.
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Meanings and Examples of COST
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cost
n. the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
n. value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
Classic Sentence: (180 in 13 pages)
1 She looked up at him languidly, as though her lids were weighted with sleep and it cost her an effort to raise them.
2 And then her rage broke, the same rage that drove Gerald to murder and other Irish ancestors to misdeeds that cost them their necks.
3 The war didn't seem to be a holy affair, but a nuisance that killed men senselessly and cost money and made luxuries hard to get.
4 The butcher shops carried almost no beef and very little mutton, and that mutton cost so much only the rich could afford it.
5 "It would cost about two thousand dollars, Confederate money," he said with a grin at her woebegone expression.
6 It was a bold stroke and it would have cost the South dearly, except for Forrest.
7 Beef, pork and butter cost thirty-five dollars a pound, flour fourteen hundred dollars a barrel, soda one hundred dollars a pound, tea five hundred dollars a pound.
8 Shoes cost from two hundred to eight hundred dollars a pair, depending on whether they were made of "cardboard" or real leather.
9 Living or dead, she could not fail him, no matter what the cost.
10 And that lack of fear has gotten me into a lot of trouble and cost me a lot of happiness.
11 It must have cost a pretty penny.
12 The war in which he had served so conscientiously had wrecked his health, cost him his fortune and made him an old man.
13 But the peace he gained was hollow, only an outward semblance, for he had purchased it at the cost of everything he held to be right in married life.
14 I've ridden hard and it'll cost me my skin if I don't get out of here quick, but it was worth it.
15 But for all her labor and sacrifice and resourcefulness, her small beginnings purchased at so great a cost might be snatched away from her at any minute.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I've been making inquiries about/into the cost of a round-the-world ticket.
2 At the exits polite assistants will take the goods and add up the cost.
3 I must admit I was surprised it cost so little.
4 They have found a way to insulate themselves against the cost of inflation.
5 Many things now cost double what they did a few years ago.
6 Cider also goes up by a penny a pint while sparkling wine will cost another eight pence a bottle.
7 They cost a tremendous amount of money.
8 We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be.
9 Please figure out the total cost.
10 I intend to amortize the total cost of the car over three years.
11 The government said it wanted to overhaul the employment training scheme to make it cost effective.
12 Her health is what matters - the cost of the treatment is of secondary importance.
13 The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.
14 She was rather imprecise about the cost of the trip.
15 The Archbishop called upon the government to build more low cost homes for local residents.