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.
• Analysts have said the months of bloody fighting in Bakhmut have been costly for both sides.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
• For retailers, however, the last mile is proving to be the longest and most costly.
  — Greg Petro, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• District trustees called a costly May special election, knowing that voter turnout would be low.
  — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
• Specialist visits and prescription drugs can be costly too.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2023
• The bill claimed that upholding the act would lead to a lengthy and costly court battle that would ultimately fall on taxpayers.
  — Sarah Swetlik | [e-mail], al, 7 Mar. 2023
• Private donations aside, the bet could be costly for Suckow or Crumley.
  — John Sharp | , al, 13 Mar. 2023
• Except that these energy sources are more costly and less stable than fossil-fuel or nuclear workhorses.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 25 Feb. 2023
• But fighting it would likely lead to litigation, another costly prospect.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
• This cash reserve also acts as an emotional buffer, reducing the anxiety that can lead to impulsive, costly decisions.
  — John Jennings, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
• The plan to make residents whole will be costly, something noted by Fitch Ratings, which placed a negative credit rating watch on Lifespace because of it.
  — Natalie Walters, Dallas News, 14 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
• More chefs will get out of the hamster wheel of costly meal creation and will set up shop in smaller, more low-key places.
  — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2023
• 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
• While special needs students are more costly, their needs cannot be used to reduce the budget.
  — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024