How to Use afford in a Sentence

afford

verb

• All of the rooms afford views of the lake.
• He'll be able to afford a house next year.
• They couldn't afford new coats for the children.
• We were too poor to afford a doctor.
• Don't spend more than you can afford.
• We can afford waiting a while longer.
• He was afforded the opportunity to work for a judge.
• Republicans can only afford to lose four of their own members in any party-line vote.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
• Raise flood-insurance rates to market price, and suddenly plenty of people can’t afford it.
  — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2024
• That’s because streaming films, or enough of them anyway, literally can’t afford to do anything else.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
• What closure Chung does receive is afforded through the ritual of the funeral, a small mercy.
  — Qian Julie Wang, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
• By 2007, many households with adjustable-rate mortgages could no longer afford to make their larger-than-expected home loan payments.
  — Rodney Ramcharan, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Had Back been recruited in part to absorb Satoshi speculation, affording cover to the real person?
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
• Only a privileged minority of wealthy white women could afford to withdraw from the workforce starting in the late 18th century.
  — Marissa C. Rhodes / Made By History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
• But here’s the problem with the beach: Most of us can’t afford to live there!
  — Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
• The Suns can’t afford to have him in that comfort zone.
  — The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023
• Many of the families could not afford to buy new books.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
• His team can’t afford to be forced to win without them.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
• Even those on a budget will be able to afford the more high-end luggage brands.
  — Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2024
• The drive to the hotel down a winding road off a main drag affords a view of fairways and greens in abundance.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2024
• Most of us cannot afford to fail once, let alone failing often.
  — Byluv Tulsidas, Fortune, 4 June 2024
• Sure, Geena could afford to bail him out if he’s had a bad month and still pay for both of them to go on vacation.
  — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 25 July 2024
• For years, Henrik Fisker has preached the gospel of selling EVs that people can afford.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2024
• Head to the roof where the heated indoor pool affords fantastic city views.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 27 June 2023
• The question of why Jeff Bezos, a man who can afford not to bother, wants to own the Washington Post haunts the pages of this book.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
• Slowly, Mankind, 46, has been able to sell enough to afford a house that’s closer to his 13-year-old daughter’s school.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 11 May 2023
• And flights were cheap enough that almost anyone could afford them.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024
• They are improved enough to be dangerous against teams that can’t afford to lose to them.
  — Jeff Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
• For those who use it, the trail affords a natural experience in the heart of a big city.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024
• But the Grammys were destined not to be the only awards show this season that would afford them a high profile.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024