How to Use afford in a Sentence

afford

verb

• All of the rooms afford views of the lake.
• He'll be able to afford a house next year.
• They couldn't afford new coats for the children.
• We were too poor to afford a doctor.
• Don't spend more than you can afford.
• We can afford waiting a while longer.
• He was afforded the opportunity to work for a judge.
• But here’s the problem with the beach: Most of us can’t afford to live there!
  — Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
• The Suns can’t afford to have him in that comfort zone.
  — The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023
• Her car couldn’t be fixed, and Gordon, 65, couldn’t afford to buy a new one.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
• And many of them will likely be unable to afford to do so.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 28 Dec. 2022
• Many of the families could not afford to buy new books.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
• His team can’t afford to be forced to win without them.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
• Many families in the storm’s path can’t afford to leave their homes.
  — Stephanie Claytor, Parents, 2 Nov. 2024
• Even those on a budget will be able to afford the more high-end luggage brands.
  — Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2024
• Sometimes as black people, we are not afforded the space in the room.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 27 Nov. 2024
• The drive to the hotel down a winding road off a main drag affords a view of fairways and greens in abundance.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2024
• But groups that work to reduce the toll of drugs on the streets have one question: Will anybody be able to afford it?
  — David Ovalle, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
• Biden can afford to celebrate as the year inches to a close.
  — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
• Even the programs that could afford it had to make budget changes in order to do so.
  — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2022
• Because that would mean that many people would not be able to afford those.
  — Jaimie Seaton, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2023
• Most of us cannot afford to fail once, let alone failing often.
  — Byluv Tulsidas, Fortune, 4 June 2024
• Sure, Geena could afford to bail him out if he’s had a bad month and still pay for both of them to go on vacation.
  — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 25 July 2024
• With a win streak on the line, ASU couldn’t afford to take any opponents lightly.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2022
• At such a fraught time, ByteDance can ill afford a high-profile mistake.
  — Casey Newton, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2023
• For years, Henrik Fisker has preached the gospel of selling EVs that people can afford.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2024
• Head to the roof where the heated indoor pool affords fantastic city views.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 27 June 2023
• The question of why Jeff Bezos, a man who can afford not to bother, wants to own the Washington Post haunts the pages of this book.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
• Stargazing locations closer to Nashville Unfortunately, there aren’t too many places in town that afford a great night sky view.
  — Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
• The homes, whose construction complied with European Union's masonry standards, are set to be used as social housing and will be rented to people with low income or those who can't afford their own accommodation.
  — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Jan 2025