How to Use come cheap in a Sentence

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  • But at $3,499, this new piece of tech won’t come cheap.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 6 June 2023
  • At $36 million a pop, the AH-64 Apache doesn’t come cheap.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2023
  • And the product doesn’t come cheap, at $99 for 30 servings.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 5 Oct. 2022
  • And like most drugs, this speedball doesn’t come cheap.
    Tanner Bowden, Outside Online, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The training system doesn’t come cheap with its price point of $2,385.
    Good Housekeeping, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The training system doesn’t come cheap with its price point of $2,385.
    Good Housekeeping, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The meal won’t come cheap either, clocking in at $1,600.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • But in a kingdom built on secrets and lies, hope doesn’t come cheap.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Half-Life may be old, but this lighting doesn’t come cheap on GPU load.
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The building out of Disney+ since 2019 and its breakneck pursuit of users hasn't come cheap.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 20 Aug. 2022
  • How to book As with most safaris, a shark charter dozen’t come cheap.
    Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Retrofitting barges to enable them to pump methanol into ships won’t come cheap.
    Costas Paris, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • But be prepared to splurge; these smart features don’t come cheap.
    Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Such features don't come cheap, but Prime Day brings some price relief in the form of a 20% discount.
    PCMAG, 12 Oct. 2022
  • That provenance doesn’t come cheap: A three-piece chicken meal, which comes with two sides, goes for $27.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Paul Williams doesn’t come cheap -- but nobody could complain about a bad seat.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022
  • All the gold leaf on those fancy Rings of Power portraits didn’t come cheap.
    Vulture, 3 Feb. 2022
  • But at $399, the Move doesn’t come cheap, and Sonos almost never puts its products up for sale.
    Tim Chan, Variety, 12 July 2023
  • This much is sure: Grubb would come cheap, clearing room for the Huskies to spend heavily on the coaching staff.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Those don’t come cheap — Home Depot sells them for more than twice as much as my little First Alerts.
    Matthew Ballinger, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
  • Being a drag queen and creating those looks doesn’t come cheap.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 May 2024
  • Rapid growth doesn’t come cheap Our work produced clear results.
    Roger S. Seymour, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
  • High-low mash-ups come cheap nowadays, but here the jokes converge to form a grander argument.
    New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021
  • As the state closes in on a deadline to require cities to divert more waste to compost, change doesn’t come cheap.
    Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Owning a piece of Dream Team history doesn’t come cheap.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
  • But, ripping out and replacing lead pipes will not come cheap.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2023
  • All of this janky electrical goodness did not come cheap.
    Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 June 2024
  • This photogenic strain of van-living does not come cheap.
    New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Of course, all that artisanal glasswork doesn’t come cheap.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
  • None of those come cheap, of course, but lots of people will be looking up to the princess as a figure of aspiration.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2023

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