How to use "expense" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "expense" in popular movie and book plots

  • Now that he was poor, he says, he has the privilege of doing as he pleases, and he lives at the expense of the city.  - Symposium (Xenophon)
  • Matty puts his hands to the ground and manages to restore the integrity of Forest and people alike, at the expense of his own life.  - Messenger (novel)
  • However, this sympathy comes at the expense of their own son, Joshua, whose difficulties are ignored by his parents.  - White Teeth
  • Petra, discovering the expense of Karin's hotel, suggests she move in with her.  - The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
  • The family and Lincoln are pressured to save one of the brothers at the expense of the other's conviction.  - Young Mr. Lincoln
  • Deciding to spare no expense for their beloved children (within reason), the fathers agree to a "first class" rape.  - The Fantasticks
  • Cornell is freed, at the expense of his relationship with not only the now clearly insane Katie, but also his wife, and his program as well.  - Shock to the System (film)
  • The expense is prohibitive and Colin soon exhausts his funds.  - Froth on the Daydream
  • Corporations jealously guard their most valuable employees and go to great expense to keep them safe and happily productive.  - New Rose Hotel
  • Davus says that any unhappiness Simo might have detected was due to Simo's mean expense on the celebrations.  - Andria (comedy)
  • Shinnok demands that Raiden submit to him and restore their broken family, at the expense of his mortal friends.  - Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
  • Despite this, Yuichi is very loyal and will go to great lengths to please others, even at the expense of his own time and money.  - Kanon (visual novel)
  • Scene II: At Lady Sneerwell's, the scandal-mongers have great fun at the expense of friends not present.  - The School for Scandal
  • When Hanbei leaves to request reinforcements, Sanjuro frees the four captured samurai, at the expense of having to kill all their guards.  - Sanjuro
  • They stop at an inn, where the Fox and the Cat gorge themselves on food at Pinocchio's expense and ask to be awoken by midnight.  - The Adventures of Pinocchio
  • Humankind enters a golden age of prosperity at the expense of creativity.  - Childhood's End

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