How to Use costly in a Sentence

costly

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• The decision to wait could be a costly mistake.
• They won the game, but their best player was injured, so it was a costly victory.
• It was too costly to fix her car after the accident, so she decided to buy a new car instead.
• We use less costly materials in our products.
• Still, the Bud Light saga has been a costly one for the brewer.
  — Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
• But in the near term, the tie proved more costly for Washington.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022
• The Rays worked two walks to begin the game and both free passes proved costly.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2024
• The search for the Atocha’s treasure proved costly for Fisher.
  — April Rubin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
• John sets forth a (very costly) plan to relocate the herd.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 19 Dec. 2022
• That walk proved costly, bringing Judge to the plate in position to hit the three-run blast.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2022
• But in the long run, not leveraging AI at all will be even costlier.
  — Alon Goren, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
• That stoppage of play proved costly, because the snap went high and slipped through the holder's hands.
  — The Courier-Journal, 5 Dec. 2022
• Renting near the beach has never looked so good — or so costly.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
• Analysts have said the months of bloody fighting in Bakhmut have been costly for both sides.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
• Getting a background check will be more costly in the coming year.
  — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 30 Dec. 2022
• Fighting here began last spring and it's been bitter and costly to both sides.
  — Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
• More chefs will get out of the hamster wheel of costly meal creation and will set up shop in smaller, more low-key places.
  — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2023
• The sale of assets, including the home, cars, etc., can also be costly.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 7 May 2024
• The final preseason game against the Chiefs was costly for the Browns from an injury standpoint.
  — cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
• But the decision to change goaltenders proved costly, as Petersen was at fault for the score that put the Kraken back in front.
  — Dan Greenspan, ajc, 30 Nov. 2022
• Over the years, tech titans have incurred costly fines in the millions, even billions at times.
  — Adriana Lee, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
• Two more costly turnovers at inopportune times cost the Terps in the second half.
  — Ryan McFadden, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2023
• Caveat: The numbers in last week's report are estimates and hosting the Games could grow more costly over the next decade.
  — Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 16 July 2024
• Rebuilding the span will be a costly endeavor, but bills for the cleanup process have started to come in, too.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
• Not to mention that having RDJ back for more than one movie could be very costly for Marvel.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 29 Dec. 2022
• While the garage will still be made up of five floors, those floors will be smaller, and make maintenance of the garage less costly, Brennan said.
  — cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
• Until that kind of scale is achieved, the transition will continue to be a costly grind.
  — Tom Randall, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2023
• However, getting out of the 2026 draft could be costly.
  — Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 31 Jan. 2025
• Ariane 6 and Vega C are costly, lack a path to reusability, and aren't geared to match SpaceX's blistering launch cadence.
  — Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2025
• America was on its team, so America’s retreat is costly.
  — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025