How to Use expend in a Sentence

expend

verb

• Are we willing to expend the time and resources required to solve the problem?
• The grapes gain depth in proportion to the amount of work the vine must expend to survive.
  — Alex Halberstadt, New York Times, 4 July 2023
• This can expend a lot of energy to keep the plane cool.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
• To be both artist and activist, to expend oneself in both places, on the page and in the world, is the duty of the writer.
  — Parul Seghal, The Atlantic, 17 June 2017
• Lawyers for Hochul and Adams have sparred in court over how best to house and expend resources to care for the migrants.
  — Anthony Izaguirre, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• Those steps around the house weren’t going to expend Allen’s battery, though.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Sep. 2020
• And any effort expended to make one’s way through life with a smile.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2023
• This is not where Biden had hoped to expend his time and energy.
  — Aamer Madhani and Ellen Knickmeyer, Star Tribune, 20 May 2021
• That means that to get up to record-breaking speeds north of 50 miles per hour, the teams of sailors need to expend a whole lot of energy.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 3 Apr. 2017
• By far the larger cost is the time, and resources, such a strategy expends.
  — Lomi Kriel, Houston Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2018
• Ramirez will also force you to expend a higher draft pick; his current ADP of 21 is right at the end of round two.
  — Michael Beller, SI.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• There are no rations, no war bonds, and no protests over the lives lost and treasure expended.
  — Amy Schafer, Slate Magazine, 2 Aug. 2017
• The union might expend endless energy to find that needle in the haystack.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• The Eagles would be more willing to expend a second-round pick on a running back.
  — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• And yet, quite a lot of city money was now being expended.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2023
• Work-life balance has shifted to allow more room to expend time doing things that are not part of the job.
  — Chandra Gundlapalli, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
• To lose weight, the body must expend more energy than the calories consumed.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022
• This would also force the British to expend man power and resources in fighting the Spanish.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 2 July 2018
• Your sign ruler Venus craves healing, but doesn’t want to try anything new or expend any effort to achieve it.
  — Jennifer Culp, Them, 15 July 2024
• Most would rather have a rock in their Nikes or eat a tainted pregame crème brulee than expend energy in a game that does not count.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2021
• And now, in less than a week, all that was achieved, and sacrificed, all the lives and treasure expended, has come undone.
  — Ben Wedeman, CNN, 14 Oct. 2019
• Those substances require energy that plants can’t bear to expend during the heat of the day.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• Between 2019 and now, we have been obliged to expend yet more effort trying to recoup at least some of our costs.
  — The Editors, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
• Cruise lines expend a lot of energy going the extra mile for guests.
  — Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 1 July 2019
• That line could be used as an insult for, say, a member of a sports team not expending enough effort.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
• The Ukrainians, in fact, were expending artillery shells at an unheard-of rate.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• Funds shall be expended during the year they were approved.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
• Families have to expend resources to help buy school supplies and now those funds would be there.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• Good luck with that: on their own, workers would have to expend their personal resources against the vast resources of the United States.
  — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
• Frankly, the coach doesn’t always believe his team is interested in expending its energy in the defensive zone.
  — Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025