COSTLY in a Sentence
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390 example sentences for COSTLY, such as:
1. Our former process was too costly.
2. Passenger ships are a costly way to travel.
3. Such a database would be extremely costly to set up.
4. Jet is the lightest, the most precious, the most costly.
5. Complete replacement of the roof tiles would be very costly.
2. Passenger ships are a costly way to travel.
3. Such a database would be extremely costly to set up.
4. Jet is the lightest, the most precious, the most costly.
5. Complete replacement of the roof tiles would be very costly.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of COSTLY
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costly
a. entailing great loss or sacrifice
a. having a high price
Classic Sentence: (180 in 13 pages)
1 Moreover it was costly for the king to build, and shameful for him to lose this fortress; while for Ottaviano it was glorious to take, and advantageous to destroy it.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXIV.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXIV.
2 All other expedients are costly in time of peace, and in war useless.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXIV.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXIV.
3 In conclusion, I say that these colonies are not costly, they are more faithful, they injure less, and the injured, as has been said, being poor and scattered, cannot hurt.
4 When the public school course was finally finished, they wanted more costly dresses, more costly hats and shoes.
5 While the work of going from door to door and from office to office is hard, disagreeable, and costly in bodily strength, yet it has some compensations.
6 And now the Emperor himself wished to see the costly manufacture, while it was still in the loom.
7 The ceiling of the room resembled a large palm-tree with leaves of glass, of costly glass; and in the middle, from a thick golden stem, hung two beds, each of which resembled a lily.
8 Then the queen her mother, packed up a great many costly things; jewels, and gold, and silver; trinkets, fine dresses, and in short everything that became a royal bride.
9 Splendid paintings by the first masters were ranged against the walls, intermingled with magnificent trophies of war, while heavy curtains of costly tapestry were suspended before the different doors of the room.
10 They were armed with crooked sabres, having the hilt and baldric inlaid with gold, and matched with Turkish daggers of yet more costly workmanship.
11 The Prior Aymer had taken the opportunity afforded him, of changing his riding robe for one of yet more costly materials, over which he wore a cope curiously embroidered.
12 She had already unclasped two costly bracelets and a collar, which she hastened to proffer to the supposed outlaw, concluding naturally that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favour.
13 He fights for the mere pleasure of fighting and is equally ready to take up either side of a question, so that it is no wonder that he has found it a costly amusement.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
14 Cosette's pleasures were not costly, they consisted in one thing: being with Marius.
15 Jet is the lightest, the most precious, the most costly.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.
2 Passenger ships are a costly way to travel.
3 Such a database would be extremely costly to set up.
4 The six-month delay will be costly for the company.
5 Complete replacement of the roof tiles would be very costly.
6 Our former process was too costly.
7 His delay in making a decision could prove costly in the long run.
8 The long and costly strike proved to be the last nail in the company's coffin.
9 An indiscreet remark triggered off a long and costly strike.
10 Vaccines are available but are costly and only offer relatively short-term protection so the animals need regular booster vaccinations.
11 Probably the most costly to rectify is that caused by toxic chemicals entering the water supply.
12 My mission is to mortify in these girls the lusts of the flesh; to teach them to clothe themselves with shame-facedness and sobriety, not with braided hair and costly apparel.
13 Because they had no health insurance, the father's costly illness left the family destitute.
14 If the ordinance is approved, the community of 20000 people could face a long and costly court battle.
15 The detectives searched the area for the pyromania who had set these costly fires.