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.
• While special needs students are more costly, their needs cannot be used to reduce the budget.
  — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
• Yes, the war has been costly — far more for Ukrainians, who have lost lives and homes, than for American taxpayers.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
• Higher inflation and interest rates are making long-term investments more costly.
  — Jackson Fordyce, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
• Chisholm committed a costly throwing error in the sixth that allowed Starling Marte to advance from first to second.
  — Alanis Thames, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
• The diet can get costly due to the amount of whole foods and fresh produce (not to mention sourcing and paying for all that duckweed) required to adhere to this nutrition plan, says Piper.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
• Putin has also driven some of the best minds out of his country, a costly brain drain that will further weaken government revenues, perhaps reduce revenue from cybercrimes, and hurt long-term economic growth.
  — David Cay Johnston, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
• Still, the Bud Light saga has been a costly one for the brewer.
  — Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
• The Rays worked two walks to begin the game and both free passes proved costly.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2024
• But in the long run, not leveraging AI at all will be even costlier.
  — Alon Goren, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
• Renting near the beach has never looked so good — or so costly.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Until that kind of scale is achieved, the transition will continue to be a costly grind.
  — Tom Randall, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2023
• According to Sky News, this is the most costly Olympic construction project yet.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
• Researchers have pointed out that this will be a slow and costly endeavour.
  — Nature Magazine, Scientific American, 13 Nov. 2023
• The primates will even climb to higher ground to scope out their surroundings and avoid other groups, since fights would be costly.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Nov. 2023
• Winter expected to be costlier for those who heat with oil.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
• Generally, the longer the CD term length, the costlier the withdrawal penalty.
  — Elizabeth Gravier, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024
• But on the rare occasions of an accident, the results can be costly, and even deadly.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2023
• While this is more costly, the upkeep and maintenance will be a lot easier over time.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2024
• Even karting, the lowest rung on the ladder, is a costly exercise.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 4 June 2023
• Drake Callender started in goal, and made a couple of early saves, but his error in the 31st minute proved costly.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
• Though many workers are clamoring for anti-obesity drug coverage, providing the benefit is simply too difficult or costly for some companies.
  — Tami Luhby, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
• But the alternative to costly insurance, Weppner said, is losing everything.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024