How to Use incur in a Sentence

incur

verb
  • What did he do to incur such wrath?
  • Spencer said the city will not incur costs from the lawsuit.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The deaths and injuries were incurred in the line of duty.
    Fox News, 26 Nov. 2019
  • That cost should be weighed against the costs incurred with the program.
    Jeremy Schafer, STAT, 12 Nov. 2019
  • The bank expects to incur about $170 million in costs from the process.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Some went to pay back damages incurred in the clean-up.
    Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Once the points are used, the card issuer incurs an expense.
    Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 13 July 2018
  • Even so, the branch will waive late fees incurred during the closure.
    Karen Huppertz, ajc, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Your business will also incur new costs as a part of the process.
    Chris Perry, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • But the fear is not just about incurring the wrath of activist voters.
    Norm Ornstein, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2017
  • There are no revenues this year while most of the costs have already been incurred.
    Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 9 Apr. 2020
  • If they are not paid on time, penalties may be incurred.
    Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Trump did incur some legal costs from more than a dozen law firms.
    Rachel Shorey, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2021
  • The increase is intended to help offset the costs the driver incurs to own and drive its car in the city.
    Natasha Bach, Fortune, 3 July 2018
  • The video does not mention what, if any, injuries were incurred by the suspect.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2023
  • These risks will continue to haunt us and incur costs that will keep adding up.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2024
  • States and cities say their budgets are strained from the costs incurred as a result of the opioid crisis.
    Washington Post, 1 May 2018
  • Trees over six feet need to be cut in half and each half not in the cart will incur the additional fee.
    oregonlive, 2 Jan. 2021
  • Turns out, the hot dog had caused me to overdraft my account, incurring a $30 fine.
    Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2020
  • And in both Bavaria and Hesse, all three parties of the traffic light coalition incurred losses.
    Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Pointing this out can incur the wrath of the president.
    Katie Rogers, New York Times, 22 June 2018
  • At the time, analysts warned that the U.S. strike was likely to incur reprisal attacks.
    Yeganeh Torbati, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • And not all of those who venture outdoors may view their chances of incurring sun damage the same.
    Karina Romero, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
  • The county does not incur any expenses unless the rooms are used.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2020
  • As a result of the new agreement, the Patriots do not incur any dead money from Mills.
    Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Arroyo said the clerk's office would have to buy new equipment, and incur other costs.
    Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 19 Jan. 2018
  • But anything beyond that will surely incur the wrath of their boss of bosses.
    vanityfair.com, 25 July 2017
  • Wood incurred what the team said was a left hamstring strain while going to his right for a bunt by Jean Segura.
    Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The only extra cost studios will incur is fees that get paid on projects that don’t make it to production.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
  • That’s creating a second headache: A battle royale between the big MA players and hospitals, which is where much of the higher spending is being incurred.
    Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024

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