EXPENSE in a Sentence
Learn EXPENSE 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.
275 example sentences for EXPENSE, such as:
1. The expense need not be any impediment.
2. The garden was transformed at great expense.
3. Ownership of property involves great expense.
4. If I were you, I should not think of the expense.
5. You may go to any expense which you think necessary.
2. The garden was transformed at great expense.
3. Ownership of property involves great expense.
4. If I were you, I should not think of the expense.
5. You may go to any expense which you think necessary.
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Meanings and Examples of EXPENSE
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expense
n. a detriment or sacrifice
n. money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
Classic Sentence: (182 in 13 pages)
1 There were some who accused him of lukewarmness in his adopted religion, and others who put it down to greed of wealth and reluctance to incur expense.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
2 Such were the words which burst from the train, expectants all of them of similar grants at the expense of King Richard's followers and favourites, if indeed they had not as yet received such.
3 If Richard returns," said Fitzurse, "he returns to enrich his needy and impoverished crusaders at the expense of those who did not follow him to the Holy Land.
4 Nor will I even vindicate myself at the expense of my oppressor, who stands there listening to the fictions and surmises which seem to convert the tyrant into the victim.
5 He preferred the radio, which he had installed at some expense, with a good deal of success at last.
6 The rooms were panelled with creamy painted panelling, the ceilings were touched with gilt, and everything was kept in exquisite order, all the appointments were perfect, regardless of expense.
7 Give a girl an education, and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without farther expense to anybody.
8 He was just entering into life, full of spirits, and with all the liberal dispositions of an eldest son, who feels born only for expense and enjoyment.
9 The expense need not be any impediment.
10 If I were you, I should not think of the expense.
11 It might not be saving them much, but it was something, and I could not bear to sit at my ease and be dragged up at the expense of those noble animals.
12 It was a much safer place for a gentleman in his predicament: he might there be important at comparatively little expense.
13 He wished to raise the class at the expense of individuals rather than individuals at the expense of the class.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
14 You may go to any expense which you think necessary.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
15 There is a delightful freshness about you, Watson, which makes it a pleasure to exercise any small powers which I possess at your expense.
Example Sentence: (93 in 7 pages)
1 Here's the law a-standing ready to take a man's son away from him--a man's own son, which he has had all the trouble and all the anxiety and all the expense of raising.
2 When you are operating on an expense account, you must keep each receipt of expenditure.
3 He was accused by Speight of dismantling the rights of the indigenous majority at the expense of the Indo-Fijian minority.
4 One opponent of the bill said government has bowed to pressure from the IMF at the expense of Argentina.
5 "Spare no expense," the bride's father said, refusing to stint on the wedding arrangements.
6 They also said that there was too much emphasis placed on protecting the liberty of individuals at the expense of broader social justice.
7 Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense.
8 He put Elizabeth's motel bill and airfare on his expense account.
9 Democrats will complain he overemphasizes punishment at the expense of prevention and treatment.
10 The garden was transformed at great expense.
11 My family and friends all had a good laugh at my expense.
12 The owner is making huge profits at the expense of downtrodden peasants.
13 Ownership of property involves great expense.
14 He claimed that the restaurant bill was a legitimate business expense.
15 I will agree to go provided/providing my expenses are paid.