How to Use expensive in a Sentence

expensive

adjective
  • The lights were expensive to install.
  • The Colts come in as the second least expensive day at the game.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The city was found to be 1.7% more expensive than New York.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Sure, there's always the salon, but that's a) expensive, and b) a trek.
    Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 7 July 2023
  • Tampons and pads are expensive and hard to find, and there is nowhere to dispose of them.
    Qadri Inzamam Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Here are some spots in Times Square that are offering some of the more expensive ways to kick off 2024.
    Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2023
  • They’re prized for their flavor and quite expensive to buy.
    Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 11 May 2023
  • Due to the high standards and deluxe features, this chair is one of the more expensive options on the market.
    Casey Seiden, Parents, 28 June 2023
  • This is a splurge purchase as the most expensive on our list, but the investment will last for a long time.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Books are not just all cheaper or more expensive versions of the same thing.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • This team, the most expensive in NBA history, had to scrap and claw to make the play-in tournament.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The specialized files that file both the cutter and reduce the height of the depth gauge/raker are more expensive.
    Joe Truini, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
  • China’s bullet trains are still less expensive than those in the West.
    Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 13 May 2024
  • My dream was to put the original version over the end credits, but that was too expensive.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2023
  • WalletHub is out with a survey of the most and least expensive energy states for 2023.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 7 July 2023
  • His local managers didn’t like this plan, which was expensive and would take the tracks out of service for months.
    Danelle Morton, ProPublica, 18 Nov. 2023
  • But the company has since cut the price down to $999 in a sign that the public has little appetite for expensive VR gear.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 16 June 2023
  • The work set a new record for the artist—and became the most expensive Impressionist piece sold at auction.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
  • Purchasing enough coins to buy the most expensive gifts on TikTok can cost over $500.
    WIRED, 26 Oct. 2023
  • More:Michigan's top 11 most expensive homes sold in March 6.
    Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2023
  • With prices up a full 57 percent in August alone, why not swim with the current and see what the most expensive and rare Day-Dates are looking like?
    Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2024
  • In a 2016 essay for Salon, Klebanow said Trump took her out to an expensive restaurant but didn’t have cash to pay the bill.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 16 June 2023
  • This drug class is safer for older people but may be more expensive.
    Alex Yampolsky, Verywell Health, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The state with the most expensive gas in the country on Wednesday was California.
    Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 June 2024
  • And the other thing is that these drugs are extremely expensive.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
  • This piece of furniture, while expensive upfront, can give you a good cost per use.
    Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The AirPods Max are also down below $500, which is rare for the trendy but expensive headphones.
    Ellen McAlpine, Men's Health, 27 June 2023
  • Certain breeds are also expensive right from the start.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024
  • November is one of the most expensive months to fly because of high airfare costs in the days before and after Thanksgiving.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Soon after tickets went on sale, fans criticized Ticketmaster’s fees, which in some cases were more expensive than the tickets themselves.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'expensive.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: