How to Use ill afford in a Sentence

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• Of all the players the Ravens can ill afford to lose, Campbell is near the top of the list.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• The Browns can ill afford to be without their Pro Bowl mauler at right guard.
  — cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
• And of course, while small owners like me can ill afford the damages, the big landlords have even more to lose.
  — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2023
• Like Trubisky, Robinson is slated to be a free agent, and the Bears can ill afford to lose him.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2020
• At such a fraught time, ByteDance can ill afford a high-profile mistake.
  — Casey Newton, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2023
• The Bucks, who had taken Philadelphia to the brink in that series, could ill afford the loss.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
• Greeks know the country can ill afford to lose a second summer tourism season in a row.
  — Apostolis Fotiadis, WSJ, 31 May 2021
• China, after all, can ill afford the loss of any business.
  — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• The Browns will also play a lot of three-safety looks this season, and can ill afford to be without one of their top two.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
• And so, there appears to be something of a standstill at a time when the industry can ill afford it.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
• And so, there appears to be something of a standstill at a time when the industry can ill afford it.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
• The financial cost will run into the billions, in a country that can ill afford to pay.
  — The Economist, 5 Aug. 2020
• Those are readers the paper can ill afford to alienate.
  — Jason McGahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
• With a brutal schedule, this was a game Baltimore could ill afford to drop.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• Even so, the Biden administration can ill afford to ignore any of them.
  — Ivo Daalder, Star Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
• Even people who loathe asking for a raise can ill afford not to amid the highest inflation many have seen in their working lives.
  — Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2022
• The Aztecs can ill afford stumbling against a winless opponent.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2023
• For a team with designs on October glory, the Giants can ill afford to lose a player of Bryant’s status.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Aug. 2021
• The penalty stood out as a momentum stopper that Michigan could ill afford.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2020
• Many schools are still in need of substitute teachers and bus drivers, and can ill afford an outbreak that would send even more staff members home.
  — New York Times, 21 Dec. 2021
• Republicans hold a slim four-seat majority in the House and can ill afford to lose any members.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 17 May 2023
• France can ill afford a campaign where two of its biggest stars — Pogba and Kylian Mbappe — are embroiled in controversy.
  — Jerome Pugmire, ajc, 31 Aug. 2022
• The Giants can ill afford to lose Dickerson with Mike Yastrzemski out with a calf injury.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 21 Sep. 2020
• The Browns can also ill afford to lose Njoku considering that fellow tight end Harrison Bryant will sit out the game with a high ankle sprain suffered in the first meeting.
  — cleveland, 7 Dec. 2021
• However, the White Sox shaky defense can ill afford mental errors.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 1 July 2022
• Democrats can ill afford to put resources into states that will not pay dividends in the next presidential election -- and beyond.
  — Abhi Rahman, CNN, 5 May 2022
• Hulu cash call Iger, who had his original two-year boomerang CEO contract extended last week by two more, can ill afford any box office flops.
  — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 July 2023
• And the American public -- not to mention the economy -- can ill afford to essentially shut down again while the country battles the resurgence.
  — Kendra Barkoff Lamy and Doug Heye, CNN, 29 July 2021
• With a recession looming, the United States can ill afford to turn away billions of dollars in visitor spending.
  — Bygeoff Freeman, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2022
• This would be a disaster for Europe and would at the very least require expensive bank recapitalizations, which already bloated state budgets can ill afford.
  — Mark Blyth, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2011

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024