COST in a Sentence

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For COST, below is one of 390 sentences:
And then her rage broke, the same rage that drove Gerald to murder and other Irish ancestors to misdeeds that cost them their necks.

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 Meanings and Examples of COST
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cost
 n.  an amount that has to be spent to buy something
 v.  require the payment of money in an exchange
Classic Sentence: (180 in 13 pages)
1  She looked up at him languidly, as though her lids were weighted with sleep and it cost her an effort to raise them.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
2  And then her rage broke, the same rage that drove Gerald to murder and other Irish ancestors to misdeeds that cost them their necks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  The war didn't seem to be a holy affair, but a nuisance that killed men senselessly and cost money and made luxuries hard to get.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  The butcher shops carried almost no beef and very little mutton, and that mutton cost so much only the rich could afford it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  "It would cost about two thousand dollars, Confederate money," he said with a grin at her woebegone expression.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  It was a bold stroke and it would have cost the South dearly, except for Forrest.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
7  Beef, pork and butter cost thirty-five dollars a pound, flour fourteen hundred dollars a barrel, soda one hundred dollars a pound, tea five hundred dollars a pound.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
8  Shoes cost from two hundred to eight hundred dollars a pair, depending on whether they were made of "cardboard" or real leather.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
9  Living or dead, she could not fail him, no matter what the cost.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
10  And that lack of fear has gotten me into a lot of trouble and cost me a lot of happiness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
11  It must have cost a pretty penny.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
12  The war in which he had served so conscientiously had wrecked his health, cost him his fortune and made him an old man.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  But the peace he gained was hollow, only an outward semblance, for he had purchased it at the cost of everything he held to be right in married life.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
14  I've ridden hard and it'll cost me my skin if I don't get out of here quick, but it was worth it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
15  But for all her labor and sacrifice and resourcefulness, her small beginnings purchased at so great a cost might be snatched away from her at any minute.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Whether or not we go to Spain for our holiday depends on the cost.
17  You can set the telephone bill down as a business cost.
18  The final cost could be as much as one billion dollars.
19  It may cost several billion roubles to make good the damage.
20  The cost of upkeep is born by the state.
21  Don't forget to budget for the cost of textbooks.
22  The cost of capital is widely misunderstood.
23  The new car cost a lot of money, but it's certainly worth it.
24  You can claim back some of the cost of your treatment.
25  You should claim the cost against the house insurance.
26  The client should understand, in broad terms , the likely cost of the case.
27  Of particular concern is the rising cost of transportation.
28  Kind words are worth much and cost little.
29  It'll cost you to have your roof mended.
30  Let's split the cost right down the middle.