| 单词 | cost |
| 例句 | Suddenly to care very much and to sleep to wake with it sometimes morning and all that had been ttjere gone and every-thing sharp and hard and clear and sometimes a dispute about the cost. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “It seems to me the cost of experiments coming in the category of ‘pure science’ ought to come out of the funds of the university.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This stuff costs almost ten dollars, but then, it is professional. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Today his complaints were about the cost of imports; last time she’d seen him his bluster had been about the business cost of the war in Europe. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z But that cost seven cents, and Grandma made her own. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Plus, he’s had to do more of it than usual over the past year, because of the costs of rebuilding the center. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I had no idea how much they cost, so I approached the only girl in my class who wore braces and, after complimenting her orthodontia, casually asked how much it had set her folks back. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We figure out it happened a long time ago, because it costs the girl fifty cents for a hot dog, fries, and a soda. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I’ll do my best to keep them upstairs the next time you have company. I wonder what four sets of leg irons would cost?” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence suddenly found himself waging a fierce batde against rising complaints at the AEC about the MTA’s high cost and indifferent performance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “But what if he needs more medicine that costs a hundred times more than the insulin?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I walked through the front door, weighing the cost of telling versus not telling, when I was saved from making a decision by Mother calling me into the parlor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It was costing him money every time the cab was off the road, in the body shop. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Uncle Kufa might think twice after he considered how much a specialist cost. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The war cost most of its lives among children under ten. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I emphasized the latter with my parents, and they agreed to cover the costs for the program. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes the money is barely enough to cover the cost of a bus ticket back home. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In their unquestioning acceptance of their own superiority, whites were unable to entertain the possibility that many blacks considered living next door to whites as the cost of obtaining adequate housing. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “You cost us valuable time, Candy. If we had known, we would have interviewed Ambassador Panyor last night.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z My excitement, however, turned to concern when I saw the cost for the first year was two thousand dollars. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z His belt buckles are huge and gold and probably cost more than our mortgage. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Papito, of course, thinks the whole idea is ridiculous, especially after he finds out how much it costs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It has already cost at least ten million lives, with the likelihood that the ultimate number of human casualties will vastly exceed the deaths in the Second World War. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted her, at all costs, to learn English. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And as soon as she says that, I realize I have no idea how much the dress costs. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “What a fine edition—and in such good condition, too! I've been wanting it for fifteen years, but it just costs too much money. Far too much.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Meg knew that if he gave the promise he would keep it at all costs, and feeling her power, used it as a woman may for her friend’s good. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked as though this was costing him every ounce of resolution he had, but his face was set, his arms were folded, he seemed decided. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Though I am sorry what it will cost you. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Ordinarily he would have come by bus, but now there were four of them to share the cost. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “I feel so guilty. My freedom cost her family their lives. The drawing you found in my suitcase. It was from Lina. She was so talented and was just about to start art school.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She made a desperate sort of half leap, and it cost her as she slipped farther down the vines. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Burying him in a common grave would cost three times as much. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I had no idea how much money teachers made or how much houses cost. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The pullover cost me four sets of wireless code—the full lot of encoding poems, passwords, and frequencies. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Looks like insurance will cover about half the cost,” she muses as she navigates the website. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She was wearing jeans too, but hers probably cost more than my mom made in a month, and her silver halter top sparkled like the noon sun on a calm ocean. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Mary Anne, this little prank has cost me over fifty dollars,” Bull said, controlling himself with effort. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Jamie ended up with two aces and twelve cards more than I; the game cost me thirty-four cents. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Joel pointed out that people generally understand that quality costs more, except when it comes to food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Having spared no expense on the quality of paper and engraving, she barely recovered the costs of the first printing. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Poor, blundering Neville — Harry knew what it must have cost him to try and find them in the dark, to warn them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She showed pictures and shared prices: the average cost for one was $1,995. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The fast-food meal seems cheap, but as we have seen, the costs are actually enormous. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They’ll live in shacks wearing Italian leather shoes that cost thousands. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She knew that he cared about the kids as much as any coach could within a system that demanded winning at virtually any cost. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The facts: Fig was still at home, where he belonged; insulin could help him get better; treatment cost more than my allowance. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Four-fifty,” she said, “after your cut, and I only make about the same after all the costs,” which I found out later was completely untrue. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z One oilman from Oklahoma told a friend that Harding’s nomination had cost him and his interests $1 million. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z For the chief virtue of a gradual approach was to extend the cost of compensation over several decades so that the full bill never landed at one time or even on one generation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Maybe. But fair, too. It doesn’t matter how rich or important you are. Everyone’s in the same boat. And medical resources and costs are kept under control.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It cost $2,100, but it was worth it to help with Jim’s periodic migraines. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z After lunch, I took Ginger for another walk, called the airline to see how much it would cost if I changed my ticket go home early. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z My mothers knows, underneath all the fancy details that cost so much, this house is still a barn. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z This is a giant public health problem, costing the health care system an estimated $90 billion a year. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In the arithmetic test, children were given math questions like “When sugar costs 10 cents a pound, how much will five pounds cost” and asked to write their answers in the margin. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because today, it’s only going to cost you that blue kite. A fair deal, boys, isn’t it?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A big bag of pinto beans cost under a dollar and would feed us for days. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’ll cost you a quarter to find that out.” he said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And if all his tales were lies, well, that was the cost of passage to Meereen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were plenty of things we could do, I felt, that would cost almost nothing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “It took some time and cost a lot of money, your uncle told me.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The man from the Second Maine said sadly, “You ever hear about our flag? It cost twelve hundred dollars.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When the cost of caring for, feeding, and equipping the animals was added, it became more economical for people living in cities to rent horses from livery stables, much as people rent cars today. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Rick said, “I see a lot I like. It’s the cost that bothers me.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It was a shame, the way they paid three and four times what the furniture had cost, because they could get credit from those Jews. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But scholarships were few and far between, and the cost of private schooling was prohibitive for all but a privileged few. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I didn’t let on that I’d seen the menu of that new shop and the sundaes cost almost ten dollars. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I tried to make my tone kinder — I could guess what his honesty must cost him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The cost of labor went up, and suddenly millions of people were out of work. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “How much will that cost, Doctor?” she asked. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When we found Miss Mary’s will, I’d work extra to pay Jenny back for the money we cost her, fair and square. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Clearly, it costs him something to tell me this. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z On January 6 Burnham commanded his department chiefs to take immediate, in some cases draconian, measures to cut costs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Things are getting so expensive—even basics like flour cost so much that it’s hard for poor people to afford simple bread. May Allah have mercy on them.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z There was a silver spark, then a wavering light, and then, with the greatest effort it had ever cost him, the stag burst from the end of Harry’s wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “WLs think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z According to the CIA, the bombing campaign was costing the United States nine dollars and sixty cents for every one dollar of damage inflicted on North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He insisted she shop at an expensive department store in Chicago, where everything cost more than she wanted to spend, but when she complained, she got nowhere. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But how could I pack up and go back home when my actions may have cost Hassan a chance at those very same things? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Ironically, he ended up making money from the project—after the printing, shipping, and advertising costs were deducted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Benny and Robbie straightened up and stopped talking about the cost of Ms. Knights casket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “We’ll still come out ahead, even after the cost of the ad.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It cost five dollars from the Talking Machine Department at Sears, Roebuck and Co., and he’d ordered a dozen “best and loudest music records” to play on it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Don- ner says he will save labor costs and increase profits. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Angry that my dumb mistakes could cost my mama her job. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Me and Joey crowded up next to them on the couch and heard Grandma Sands yell, “This is costing y’all a fortune, Daniel, let me talk to my baby again.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When he adds these costs to how much Theo has given him for the past eight years, he is overwhelmed. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Doing millions of neutralization tests using monkey cells would cost millions of dollars. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z We gave them orders; we ordered them strictly and harshly to remain out of gamma fields at whatever cost. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z And it was going to cost them their lives. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z But then he said that those guitars cost thousands of dollars, and besides his birthday wasn’t until September, and the way he said September, it was like a judge issuing a prison sentence. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Odin learned them at the cost of mysterious pain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Her name was Karen and Karen was kind in the way that people can be, when kindness doesn’t cost them anything. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z My mother, Aunt Maggie, my brother, and I held long conferences, speculating on the prospects of jobs and the cost of apartments in Chicago. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no idea how much gas cost, but he had money saved. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I had read that slaves in colonial times were happier and more free than their masters, because the masters were burdened with the cost of their care. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Zardari had pledged that the government would cover all my medical costs. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “My sweater cost me forty dollars,” the young man said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Thirsty for information about friends and family and folks from all around, everyone loved Spoon Man’s visits—sometimes he even carried mail and packages, saving folks the cost of stamps. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It is costing my family a lot of agony and energy, and I haven’t even attended one day yet. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Looking over my old ones. These cost half as much.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “We can’t afford to rent an apartment right now. The rebuild is going to cost a fortune, and insurance only covers so much.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That would be the easiest, safest way, but the cost for both would be over $20,000. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The weather affected Mr. Woodhouse, and he could only be kept tolerably comfortable by almost ceaseless attention on his daughter’s side, and by exertions which had never cost her half so much before. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I remember maa saying the five rupees the picture cost would have bought half a kilo of rice. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The Cursed Diamonds of Lady Delune was a story about the cost of immortality, not the assault of a two-hundred-year-old woman. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “You just cost me a pocketful o’ coppers.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It took them miles out of their way, and cost them two days at the least, but the old man said it was cheap at the price. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So I took a Lyft there even though it cost me a good chunk of some birthday money I had left over. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Then I was going to mail it, but Priority shipping cost too much.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Lawrence charged more than $6,000 to his credit cards to cover the cost of her burial, and when this book went to press, Sonny was saving money to buy her a tombstone. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Papin was well aware of this: he proposed to the Royal Society a ship of eighty tons, perhaps 100 feet long, costing ‘but four hundred pounds’ to build. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She couldn’t believe that the sweater, brown with bands of pale red and green highlights, cost half as much as the sleeping bag, which was threadbare and patched. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Oh yeah, what we gave Big Joe and the new Mrs. Big Joe for a wedding gift was a pair of boss imitation Tiffany lamps that cost sixty-three dollars. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were all used to building one of something, and when it contributed to a million-dollar experiment, you hardly noticed the cost,” Gow said. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z "Those thrusts too were turned aside, at grievous cost to our foes." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Virtually everyone supplying goods and services to the city had raised their rates, explaining that shortages of items and the general danger forced up their costs. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Saying her name seemed to cost him something. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z So Lancelot must be stopped at all costs, until the castle had been put in posture of defence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The single greatest change brought by the hyper-rich is in the cost of housing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But the remedy lacked his authority because it was simple and didn’t cost anything. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z With the help of high-speed communications, stringent training, and standardized forms, these young Indians can fairly rapidly be converted into basic Western accountants at a fraction of the cost. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “Investment research has had to have huge amounts of cost ripped out of it, so a lot of firms are using shift work in Bangalore to do bread-and- butter company analysis.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “But the woman from the hospital said it would cost five thousand dollars to send his body there.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Howard embraced the idea, underwrote the entire cost, and arranged to have Ridgewood’s orchards, fields, and dairy supply the hospital with food. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That cost includes things like fertilizer, seed, pesticide, and gas for the tractor and combine. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I calculated finally that my savings would be able to meet all the costs I might incur, and in addition, might stretch to the purchase of a new costume. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In two years, the British post would become the penny post, which meant that a letter would cost a penny per half ounce no matter where it was going in England. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z All told, that little fender bender cost me four sols. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, it is more or less taken as modern gospel that profound scientific truth frequently accomplishes the opposite of what Epicurus recommended, costing us peace of mind. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Achieved at too great a cost on spurious grounds.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z ‘It is good to learn that they are still alive,’ said Gimli; ‘for they cost us great pains in our march over Rohan, and I would not have such pains all wasted.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “You know what I’ve been thinking? I wonder how much it would cost to hire a private nurse.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I try to pay for half of the cost, but Jamie keeps pushing my hand away. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z This at the cost to myself, my family; and at the risk of losing my life, my honor, and my property. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It’s hard to say which cost me more dearly: bleach, oranges, or water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His suffering was utterly unjust, and he would not give in to brutal power no matter at what cost. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I’d like to offer my services to help your community rebuild. I can do the repairs at cost, and only charge for materials and labor.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Today I needed to find out about chicken food and how much it costs. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Moss’s mother told him to avoid that corner at all costs, but no one was hanging around that afternoon. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They had gotten over the border, but only for minutes and those few minutes could easily have cost them their lives. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Malcolm dug the paddle into the water with all his strength and kept the little craft upright, but at the cost of missing the turn into Broad Street. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “People forget those things only last three, maybe four years. It’s not like they cost a fortune.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Made her see that one war had cost her two children already; this latest could cost her her remaining one. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “It’s not like I was asking you to buy me an F-8, Mama. These things only cost a few bucks.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But there are other costs involved in raising cattle this way, costs that shoppers don’t see when they buy a steak at the supermarket. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “No, no, no! I’m giving you a bargain. The coffin alone cost me...” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lita always said there are costs when you mess with nature. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Other teams weren’t used to the thickness of the water, the feeling of lake weed tickling their legs, their toes slipping off the algae coating on our homemade turn boards, costing them precious seconds. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I'm not sure what Tunnel #9 is a picture of but it costs £1,950. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “This will cost you,” she said, holding up an envelope. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how much things for children cost.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The images definitely made a lot of people reconsider their commitment to traveling to Brazil, and for my family, the high cost of attending the games was also a big factor. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It doesn’t include the cost to the environment from manure, pesticide, and fertilizer pollution. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z ‘Short cuts make delays, but inns make longer ones. At all costs we must keep you away from the Golden Perch. We want to get to Bucklebury before dark. What do you say, Sam?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It had been a gut decision to pay off her indenture with the Menagerie, and it had cost the Dregs sorely. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Has the new concept affected the cost estimates?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z But before I could even consider the cost of staying with them, if just for a short while, Chubs’s arm shot out and he ripped the sliding door shut in front of my face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was going to cost me a lot of money to call all the raises. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Fire Department sources said that replacing the ruined equipment would cost “around $50,000.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, don’t you worry about costs,” he hedged. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her sneakers were plain white, but I bet they cost more than our monthly rent. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z My father was delighted, despite the fact that the news cost him some extra nights of work rewriting the speech he was to give at the rally. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He finally understood his mother’s choice, saving her comrades at the cost of her own life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “As the cost of the tower and its slides is of secondary importance,” McComber noted, “I do not mention it here, but will furnish figures upon application.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But the cost of experimental equipment had always been secondary to the goal of the research, especially during the war, when the urgency of the Manhattan Project made profit-and-loss calculations irrelevant. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I wanted him to add “Hooray,” but every word cost money, he said, and besides she’d recognize the hooray even if it wasn’t there. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I hand her my debit card, and when she comes back, I tip her triple the inexpensive meal’s cost. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Whoever wins will begin their life as a scythe in abject sorrow, never to forget the cost of that ring. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The crew had beaten them off, at the cost of twelve lives. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Bender said the homes in this neighborhood cost a fortune. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z And now she complains that it costs too much. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Making himself the spokesman for the ordinary American, he wondered aloud how politicians met the costs of their political expenses without putting those costs onto the taxpayer. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He offered to take charge of the matter, as it please the king, and went from that to speak of how he had strengthened the port's defenses, detailing the cost of every improvement. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “So, first you want to divide the numbers to figure out what the cost per ounce is, then you want...” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z We can’t find any bakeries, so we settle for a nearby grocery store, one of those fancy ones where a bag of organic apples costs more than our rent. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Barack had taken an enormous risk—one that could have cost him his presidency—and it had all gone okay. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I helped by using my wages to offset part of my siblings’ school costs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of the fat smelly markers that cost two-fifty each, the leather diaries that locked with little keys, the battery-operated fans that you could wear on a string around your neck on hot days. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “We must be cheerful at all costs,” he said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Apart from the obvious question of cost, which would prove astronomically high, where could the freed blacks be sent? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “It will cost you seventy-five cents plus a penny tax.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Lovelace found the costs of the testing prohibitive, particularly without government funding. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Barkers on the sidewalks collared passersby: “Gentlemen! Come in and see the show! Just have a look. Doesn’t cost anything to have a look.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Lastly, prison is hardly a cheap solution: it costs about $25,000 a year to keep someone incarcerated. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Maybe it was what had cost him his life. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z As long as you aren’t busy and it doesn’t cost you anything, you don’t say no. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And at all costs he must not lose consciousness right now. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The cheapest cloth we could find cost seventy-nine cents a yard, and you needed more than two yards for a dress. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If she could get into a Quaker college, she hoped his pride would prompt him to help pay her costs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I laughed and looked at Don's shoes, and said, "No, you can't be in here with shoes that cost that much." Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The comeback, though, had come at a cost. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “The cost of sterilizing them would be prohibitive,” Fowler added. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z What must it have cost the people of District 11 who can't even feed themselves? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We were not yet at the point where we were open revolutionaries, overtly fighting the system no matter what the cost. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Amaka picked up the plantains and pressed each between her fingers, as if she would figure out why they cost so much by doing that. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Today, when I grip my US passport and walk through airport security to travel overseas, knowing I'll be allowed to return, I always remind myself that this privilege came at a high cost. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “How much does a new television cost?” my sister asked. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z How much extra would it cost to haul it back and forth? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mario wanted to ask him how much the cage cost, but he was afraid to. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I lived in fear, sneaking from place to place, avoiding schoolwork at all costs. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It was wicked cold and would have cost too much to heat the school. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z This was dangerous talk, to be suppressed at all costs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We bargain bargain for a long time, back and forth, back and forth, till the cost is within my reach. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z But when I saw how much they cost...I just couldn't ask her for them. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Or maybe they wouldn’t find enough good-sized pieces to justify the cost of a funeral; maybe they would only find my chemise. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She was convinced that the rope skipping had cost her the child. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now I am Kote. I tend to my inn. That means beer is three shims and a private room costs copper.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Still, someone could make a boardwalk. It wouldn’t even cost that much.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z This cost them absolutely nothing, for Mr. Popper had written a testimonial saying: “Popper’s Performing Penguins thrive on Owens’ Oceanic Shrimp.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “He brought me this from San Francisco. It only cost a penny. But isn’t it pretty?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that I know what it costs her emotionally to go along with my ruse I’m even more anxious to put our plan into action. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He never counted what it cost him; he never looked back. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Each day, he wore fresh white shirts and flowered suspenders, and his special shoes cost twenty dollars. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “And this new school happens to cost about a quarter of my yearly salary.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The newspapers said Ernie’s diploma cost taxpayers half a million dollars. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Doesn’t cost them a nickel—that’s why all the houses are overheated. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Plus the extra cost in general,” Dina says under her breath. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Some of the websites don’t even list the prices—like they’re afraid to specify how much the things cost. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Then he drives me to the hospital in his own car, a two-year-old Phaeton that must have cost the earth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A 2005 report by the Government Accountability Office concluded the program may have contributed to a 1 percent reduction in crime—at a cost of $8 billion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They are almost invariably in the best position to learn new information early, modify their behavior, take advantage of the latest treatments, and have the cost covered by insurance. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Every Dauntless gets a certain amount of points to spend per month, and the dress costs one of them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But the side of him that wanted to survive at all costs—that had become ruthless over the last year—knew it was the truth. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z When the repair guy came, he said it was going to cost over three hundred dollars to fix the pipe. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The hot chocolate costs a whole dollar more. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Even though it was April it was freezing cold at night and she said You wouldn’t believe what it costs to heat this drafty old house. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I do what any awkward geek who wants to avoid the topic of sex at all costs would do. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It was secondhand, ugly, and had cost me dearly in money, blood, and peace of mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I can't even guess how much it costs to live here, but it must be a lot. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Traveling through the Otherworld requires a cost. Time does not always adhere to mortal standards.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The fortresslike conference room was an interior room with concrete walls, fluorescent lighting, and ergonomically correct leather chairs that cost five thousand a pop. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z "If you knew what the oath would cost you, you might be less eager to pay the price, son." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The average cost of these horses was about $150 each, almost a year’s pay for most An inexpensive two-passenger buggy. people. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Everyone agreed to share the cost, and they made up a menu and a master shopping list. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Other humans, having no knowledge of the presence of androids among them, had to be protected at all costs—even that of losing the quarry. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The likelihood of punishment was so low—this was the heyday of a liberal justice system and the criminals’ rights movement—that it simply didn’t cost very much to commit a crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He didn’t say much more after that, the arthritis eating into his hips and the agony of the oil field accident that had cost him his leg too much for him now. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I did open my eyes, alarmed about the cost. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Jones’s service to the Confederacy had cost him a great deal. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As Dolly Par- ton said, “You wouldn’t believe how much it costs to look this cheap.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The cost of failure in the air was astronomical, in lives and dollars. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It made the cost of getting the sanctuary back and running higher and higher, but if she debated whether it was all worth it, she didn’t let on. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Then he remembered how he’d been told the cost of the flashlight was going to go up to forty bucks, and he figured it out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Shawn suggested we use torches to cut the iron, but Dad said it would be too slow and cost too much in fuel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The enormous interstate trucks make use of the roads and by their very weight and speed increase the maintenance costs. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Hot lunch at school cost a quarter, and we could usually afford that. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I say the part about the cost of victory. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Those were the two things he wanted, and he got them too, but it cost him his family, which he ran into the ground and destroyed. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If Nox died, it was one less competitor—and if they interfered, it might cost them this Test. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I keep watching until one of the blond girls cries because her mom won’t buy her a pair of shoes that cost more than my entire life. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The Corporation has been accused of cutting costs on its airlines. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z For the time being, though, I revel in the splendor of my accommodations, amazed that they cost $5.05 less, on a daily basis, than what I was paying for that rat hole in Clearview. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I spend that first week—and it does feel like spending, like not seeing him is costing me something—doing all my normal things: reading, learning, not dying. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s an expense, but maybe they think the price of appearing to be benevolent rulers instead of tyrants has a cost benefit—it’s cheaper than bullets and burying bodies. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Of course, the American taxpayers have already paid part of the cost by subsidizing corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “After all, how many of you give to this church, gbo? How can we build the house if you don’t give? Do you think zinc and cement cost a mere ten kobo?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It cost Meg an effort to say that, but Sallie did not see it and exclaimed in amiable surprise, “Only that? How funny...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two Biggers: one was determined to get rest and sleep at any cost; and the other shrank from images charged with terror. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I am. The thing is, there’s a five- dollar service charge on each ticket. So even though the tickets are fifty-five dollars, they cost sixty.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Most of it went toward the cost of my rig and buying my own asteroid. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z If a company habitually paid below 80 percent, Feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: The cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “It is what we use now; we don’t even smell the kerosene in the kitchen anymore. Do you know how much a cooldng-gas cylinder costs? It is outrageous!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He’d fought for tax cuts and credits for the working poor and was focused on cutting prescription drug costs for senior citizens. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Do you have any idea how much these things cost? They were way too expensive to ever make it to the actual weapons market. I can’t believe I’m holding one.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z "And I heard Jordans cost, like, eighty bucks," John John followed, again stealing Ms. CeeCee's line. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Fixed costs eat up more than half of the $2,400 to $2,600 a month he makes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I overheard people saying that the cost of the entry fee was the equivalent of three hundred leones. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z "I mean, sunflower seeds cost you ten bucks from now on, until you tell me why you're not in school." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Delays cost money, and the big shots at the Mother Paula’s corporation weren’t happy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "It never does a man any good. Most of the time it costs you money." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z To be exact— instead of the government buying all the extra corn, or loaning farmers money so they could store it, it just paid farmers part of the cost of growing it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I’m looking at apartments on my phone, getting more and more disheartened by the cost and the fear of the complete unknown, when Jamie groans from the other side of the room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His priority was to get as many details for his map as possible, no matter what the cost. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z These fees, costs, and fines are generally quite new—created by law within the past twenty years—and are associated with a wide range of offenses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Payback has got to cost something,” she says, laughing. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I debated whether to lie, than decided against it, since it might cost Otto’s life once I was found out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Because dogs cost too much? Because they shed?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “How much could a truck like that possibly cost? Assuming your aunt didn’t buy it for him in the first place.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The $1.60 a day I was paying for my steer’s meal may seem cheap—but it doesn’t include all the costs of the industrial farm, not by a long shot. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z No matter what the cost, he decided he had to step forward, “if I was to erase my name from the bombs which fall over North or South Vietnam, from the canisters of napalm.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The mores of suburbia now dictate that crabgrass must go at whatever cost. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Forgiveness,” said Mary Rommely, “is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "Sawdust," he would say proudly, "is one of the great secrets of my success. And it costs me nothing. I get it free from the sawmill." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Not that the truck didn’t cost me quite a bit in the gas department. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Ramsay had not been pleased, and the offense had cost Reek another toe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The cheapest rental in Welch was an apartment over a diner on McDowell Street that cost seventy-five dollars a month, which was out of our price range. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “How much is it going to cost you?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z If he forced them to hold down their costs, he would have to do the same with every merchant, laborer, and farmer doing business in town. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Some of us have severe problems that need to be addressed, not ignored, no matter what the cost. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Was that yours? The undertaker wouldn’t take poor Rose without having half the cost upfront, and I knew that Rose kept some petty cash here for the household.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “You don’t get that on the first try. It takes three chances. And each chance costs a dime.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Bitter pride in realizing what it costs to defeat them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Flights that leave on Wednesday or Thursday tend to cost less than those that leave closer to weekends. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Which costs fifty-five dollars not including tax, these days. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Well,” he wrote of the cost of the medevac, “it could be worse. Getting him on the plane is the only way to save his life, so I’m for it.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Ah, Hazel Levesque,” he said, “you cost me dearly! If not for you, I would have risen decades ago, and this world would already be Gaea’s. But no matter!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He. didn’t know how much it would cost to replace Refugee, but he knew he didn’t have the money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Graham cracker houses cost a lot of money, I think. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Many do not want it during their lifetimes—largely because the cost would be unacceptably high. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “If only I knew how much the operation costs,” says he. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The line representing fixed costs was flat, and the one representing variable costs angled upward. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Drying cost ten cents for ten minutes, but it took twenty cents worth of minutes to dry everything. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z On September 1, 1949, Stalin taught America a hard lesson about the cost of lagging behind in the spy wars. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He devised a strategy that he believed would not only allay suspicions but also reduce the costs of construction. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Some real estate agents worry that the hyper-rich will resent the tax, but so far wealthy homebuilders seem to regard it as a pittance compared with the other costs they incur. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z "State religion and imperial ideology,” Kolata argued, "performed much the same work as military conquest, but at significantly lower cost.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And also they work out how much new houses and offices and factories will cost to build. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z To produce a ton of the stuff, he had explained over his astonishing cocktail, cost next to nothing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He wanted the keen thrill of startling them, but felt that the cost was too great. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z My friends are buying long-pants suits that cost from seventeen to twenty dollars, a sum as huge to me as the Alps! Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Hiring a photographer cost the same as a week's worth of mealie meal, the cornmeal used to make sadza. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The cost of this nontechnology is very high, and getting higher all the time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was his opinion,” recalled Truman, “that such an invasion would cost at a minimum a quarter of a million American casualties.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the Black Panther newspaper cost a quarter, I told myself Fd only skim the front and back pages as I stacked the papers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The driver-side door had been bashed in, and it would have cost more to fix than the car was worth. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Even as the army was being disbanded, much to Adams’s credit and relief, the cost of raising it landed on the voting public. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Now it is a divisive national issue, pitting those who welcome cheap labor against those with concerns about border security and the cost of providing social services. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But my few seconds of distraction cost me big: next thing I knew, B-Cubed was flying at me...and sinking into a slide. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z My bank balance was down to $133.26, with each copy costing a dime, but like Mrs. Smith had said, got to go big. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z For the Soviet leader, the issue was crystal clear: Russia must protect its security at all costs. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It would cost you a whole quarter of a American dollar to go in the tent and see the conjurer do this! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Most items only cost a few credits, but since they cost nothing for GSS to manufacture, it was all profit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Being too violent could cost me my body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Those phone calls cost a lot of money,” he said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I know what these underpants have cost you in waiting, and walking, and begging! All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It would cost a lot of money, he said—about twenty signs had been made, not to mention all the business cards and stationery—and besides, all the new clients were paying their bills. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It’s now I have to go through with this, considering the cost at every turn. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He turned the jacket around—it was all satiny and super dressy and looked like it cost a lot. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Somehow medicine, for all the $80-odd billion that it is said to cost the nation, has not yet come in for much of this analytical treatment. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mechanics rolled up their sleeves and sharpened their eyes; a broken piston, an improperly locked shoulder harness, a faulty fuel tank light, any one of these could cost lives. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z ‘It is a less perilous hunger. Or maybe not: fish from the pool of Henneth Annûn may cost him all he has to give.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In the Philippines aerial spraying for mosquito control has cost pond owners dearly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Won’t cost you a red cent,” Grandpa called after him as he stalked out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Nobody cares to guess how many people might die, but the potential economic cost has been put as high as $7 trillion. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z If you found one, it was hard to get access to it; if you managed to get access, renting time on it cost a fortune. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I have to prove to him—and myself—that this dream is worth what it will cost him. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At a White House meeting, the president’s top foreign policy advisor put it bluntly: “Daniel Ellsberg is the most dangerous man in America. He must be stopped at all costs.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But her commendation, though costing her some trouble, could by no means satisfy Mr. Collins, and he was very soon obliged to take her ladyship’s praise into his own hands. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Gobstoppers, costing a penny each, were enormous hard round balls the size of small tomatoes. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z You were just a little girl, but when you saw her in the papers wearing that ridiculous silk gown that cost 80,000 dollars, you said, Mami, is that our queen? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “The journey costs hundreds of rupees, you will never have so much.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z To break that rule was unforgivable and could cost a colored man his life. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To accomplish that goal, at the current kill ratio of 2.5 to 1, would cost the lives of more than 175,000 U.S. soldiers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Like what she ate for breakfast and what her father wears to bed and how much her new sweater cost. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I would take pennies from the store cash register so Frances and I could go to the Chadwick Movie Theater—it cost only ten cents. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re living in the moment on a cloud somewhere, not thinking, not considering costs, effects, consequences. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “DARLING, just try it on your head. It cost eleven dollars. It must be good.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It simply cost too much to care for them. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z More importantly, driving seemed to cost much less than using public transport — an illusion created by the fact that the price of a new car did not include the price of building new roads. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z "Car number five cost six hundred and thirty-seven pounds and sold for sixteen hundred and forty-nine fifty. You got all those figures written down, son?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra’s father continued this policy making sure that Egypt stayed on Rome’s good side at any cost. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I have seen some that cost $20,000 and contained all the thousand appliances we live by—dishwashers, automatic clothes washers and driers, refrigerators and deep freezes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He summoned his reserves of persuasion, his broad and repressed tenderness, ready to give up for Amaranta a glory that had cost him the sacrifice of his best years. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Everything looks like it costs thousands of dollars and belongs in a glass case. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The guide answered, “Some are as inexpensive as a copy of the Sunday New York Times. Others cost much more.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She finds a room to rent in a trailer home for just $150 a month—half of what the small garage cost her in Los Angeles. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A low-budget version cost less than two thousand dollars. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I bought a souvenir booklet that cost ten dollars, and I had looked at it so often that I was wearing the gloss off its pages. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He auditioned to win his place, then found out it cost almost $6,000. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “The sentence of the Court,” the judge said, “is that you pay a fine of one hundred dollars and the costs of the prosecution.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It cost twenty-five cents and came in a little blue-and-white packet. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It would cost a dollar to get it cleaned, steamed and pressed and she knew it would never be the same again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And that corn is only cheap if you don’t count all the hidden costs, like the cost of pollution from chemical fertilizers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z From shopping for Mrs. Anderson, she was horrified that things in their local establishment cost two or three times as much as those in the white stores. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For flat runs, he had the Norden bombsight, an extremely sophisticated analog computer that, at $8,000, cost more than twice the price of the average American home. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The movement cost her something; her muscles ached, and her shoulders pounded. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Well how much does your good news cost, the woman wants to know. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z My father sighs and says, "Lord, I wish you hadn't done that, boy. It cost me years." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “That lipstick cost me twenty dollars. It’s designer stuff. I want my money,” Char says. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z But it seemed to her the information she received was well worth the cost. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The CIA had developed this suicide device at the cost of $3 million. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Haven’t we had enough of those ? ” “Now, Wife,” Ba said again, “stories cost us nothing.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Deborah took an average of fourteen pills a day, which cost her about $150 each month after her husband’s insurance, plus Medicaid and Medicare. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Dicey called the bus station and found out that it cost twenty-six dollars to get to Crisfield. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Regina discovered that lessons would cost a minimum of $8 an hour—money she just didn’t have. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “This costs much time. Gregor, we do not know that the prophecy includes your sister.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Do you know how much it costs to see a counselor? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He rented a room from a neighbor who knows the exact cost of her discretion. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the last letter he sent me, he asked how much it cost to go to school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Any one of these dresses would cost hundreds of pounds,” said Polly. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I knew from Trigonometry and Tears that it was called a Mercedes, and it cost a lot of money. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z What additional cost did people have to pay in order to lift much of the world out of its poverty? Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “I rent the place. Split between us, it’ll only cost you thirty cents a week. Best part is, I can get you a job, too.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “It might be cheaper to hire someone, when you figure in the cost of the flight.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z ‘But don’t clay for these here bricks cost money? And don’t it take money to rent land and raise crops on?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I know the first revival is free, but the rest must be costing your parents a fortune.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “If you don’t have a place, the Mansion Hotel on Fifty-third doesn’t cost too much. And they don’t bother you about luggage if you pay in advance.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s your duty to set things straight at all costs.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Hence, even though terrified of political commitments, Bloom had gone out on a limb and it had cost them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, whatever the reason, organic and beyond organic food does cost more at the cash register. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He was buying equipment to make his collection of cars simpler, but he wasn’t generating the kind of revenue necessary to support the costs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It made about as much sense to him as a fifty-five-dollar ticket costing sixty dollars. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Probably to cut down on air- conditioning costs or something. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Smugglers earned millions overnight, at the cost of everyone else. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z One thing I knew for sure: If I wanted any chance of this year being the best ever, I had to figure out a way to avoid Conner at all costs. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Besides, how much could a few pencils cost? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The old man’s eyes were dancing, as if he couldn’t decide whether laughing would cost him his customer or not. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Elephants are big but at the cost of quite thick legs, while whales are relatively immune because they’re submerged in water. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “The cost of borrowing my dad’s bike is letting me come with you.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z You can’t use paper money there, you got to be a member and charge it to your account and one thing I know about Miss Hilly is, she don’t like to carry nobody’s costs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They create the appearance of racial equity without the reality and do so at no great cost, without fundamentally altering any of the structures that create racial inequality in the first place. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “You mean to see this mission to save your brother through to the end. No matter what the cost.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The war had cost Johnson a chance of another term as president. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She saw piles of butchered chickens and was able to buy as many as she wanted even though they cost three times as much as usual, since free pricing had been decreed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And Perry had said, “What junk? One of them books cost me thirty bucks.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A, however, can reason as follows: If B takes the cooperative option, I can get what I want at no cost to me by taking the individualist option. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The cost of the Mark I had already doubled from the original estimate of $10 million, and CRD’s president, Fred Powell, was forced to question “the wisdom of continuing further research and development work.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “There will be an investigation. Whoever did this, you cost the legion a good officer. Honorable death is one thing, but this... ” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And it will cost that much again to provide high security and a festival air for the match. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His life had certainly cost him enough in pain to make the world’s judgment a thing of no account. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z All that was left was the furniture that was absolutely necessary, the silver candelabra and table service, for the everyday utensils had been sold one by one to underwrite the costs of her education. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Felix took a quick shower and put on a pair of tie-dyed leather skater pants that had cost over five grand. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “That chair cost twelve hundred dollars now, but I got it for eight dollars back then,” he yelled from the kitchen. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I can only imagine how much those clothes are gonna cost. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I hadn’t asked him what that would cost. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Therefore I resolved to help free him—even if it cost me that new life to do so. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z A reasonable estimate of the additional costs for capitalizing a gradual emancipation program would have increased the national debt to about $125 million. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Our townspeople wanted to “keep things peaceful” at all costs. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore had wordlessly immobilized Harry, and the second he had taken to perform the spell had cost him the chance of defending himself. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I’d love to give you ballet lessons. But...they cost money, and...” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Now, instead of an illegal procedure that might cost $500, any woman could easily obtain an abortion, often for less than $100. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Bapi’s teeth flashed white, showing the front gap where a fight had cost him his incisors. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “It may have cost Jerrod what we consider a state championship team,” she said in the soft afternoon light of the practice field, “but it may have cost Gary a career.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Your predecessors failed to protect the Washington family, at great cost. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z On the upside, Dad said, the house had cost only a thousand dollars, and the owner had waived the down payment. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But it wouldn’t necessarily cost that much more money, and it would level the playing field for those who—through no fault of their own—have been dealt a big disadvantage by the educational system. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The cost for my survival must have been hundreds of millions of dollars. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Korean War, U.S. forces helped push back the invasion, but at a cost of more than thirty-six thousand American lives. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He didn’t know if it had begun with Inej’s injury or that hideous ride in the prison wagon, but somehow he’d let it happen and it had cost him dearly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The skirt and blouse cost rather less than the pullover, and it was only one code set apiece for my shoes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Those who want immediate results, at whatever cost, will doubtless continue to use chemicals against the beetle. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The affluent white liberals who were pressing the legal claims of blacks and other minorities “were often sheltered, in their private lives, and largely immune to the costs of implementing minority claims.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was a whole fifteen cents more than the Cokes cost. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It cost a quarter to look into a machine for one minute. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At all costs, the citadel must appear abandoned. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It could cost her dearly to keep secrets from her master. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “It costs you nothing to tell her not to worry, that it’s okay,” Dri said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A famine caused by an inadequate Nile flood in 245 aggravated native resentment against the Greek monarchy and the burdensome cost of its imperial rivalries. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z And I know that the Alcatraz apartments are cheap compared to the cost of apartments in San Francisco. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth is, we have both had to make compromises that cost us sleep at night in order to afford us enough time to share our relationship with the world on our own terms. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It also explains why building is so expensive; the additional costs are passed along to customers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “How much does a television cost?” said Henry on the way home. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, isn’t Black Protocol the thing we want to avoid at all costs?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The victory made England the preeminent power in the world, but it came at a great cost. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z "I could help her with that. A word from me . . ." "And what would this word cost her?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Unwilling to risk a trial and years of imprisonment, you are sentenced to ten years’ probation and ordered to pay $1,000 in fines, as well as court and probation costs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z His caution in the past may have cost him an arrest or two, but he had rarely, if ever, made a serious mistake. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you have any inkling about how much marble costs?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The real energy cost comes from heating it back up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mount Carmel, with its strong Catholic-league basketball team and rigorous curriculum, had seemed the best solution—worth the thousands of dollars it was costing my parents. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He said he was a merchant with business in Boston, New York, and Charleston, and complained about how much the Boston uprising cost him. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And they were served every Wednesday, even though they cost more than to serve everybody’s favorite, penne pasta. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We split the cost of the candy, and I hate going into Daddy’s sock to take out seven dollars and some change. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Ask the owner of that stall how much the sword costs,” he said to his friend. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Granny had serious doubts about being able to see them go any further, for the cost of black education had risen dramatically, and her earnings from gardening had not. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, we knew it cost all of us much, much more than that. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, raids are initiated by ambush or by superior force, so as to minimize at all costs the risk that one might die for one’s village. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This is the cost of losing a dimension in the geometrical projection. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z An adult mind that is brimming with chunks is a powerful engine of reason, but it comes with a cost: a failure to communicate with other minds that have not mastered the same chunks. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I barely see him. And it costs too much to fly out there very often.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At sea, heavy steel was as like to cost a man his life as to save it, he believed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The men in his company had done what the country had asked of them, but the cost was staggering. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It doesn’t cost anything to ride the bus at night, so I hop on. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Dedicated in the early third century at a cost of eight hundred talents, the Lighthouse was one of the first monumental structures completed after the city’s founding. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z It was the safest place I could think of to go—I wouldn’t run into anyone from Mount Pitts, and I was guaranteed a good selection at a low cost. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Even the cost of a movie on a Saturday night now seemed unwisely extravagant to him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Milo’s mess halls would not even help him store the cotton, and his warehousing costs skyrocketed and contributed to the devastating drain upon his cash reserves. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Our victory was also purchased at an awful cost in American casualties: 6,821 Marines were killed and another 19,207 were wounded. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z So beer cost double for us, but whatever, we were seventeen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The cost of Ma’s medicine and doctor visit must be really high, Neel thought. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z "And we must not neglect the other costs. Robert will want a prodigious feast. That means cooks, carpenters, serving girls, singers, jugglers, fools . . ." "Fools we have in plenty," Lord Renly said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At a time when bread cost a quarterpenny a loaf, the value of my mother’s daily labor—by King Edward’s royal decree—was a penny each day; mine, but a farthing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She's cost me time, too, because by now it's clear that I must get to the table next. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Lawrence acknowledged that the cost of the new cyclotron “could hardly be absorbed in the general university budget” and promised to help raise the necessary funds. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Haymitch is our only hope, but nothing is forthcoming, either from lack of money -everything will cost an exorbitant amount -or because he's dissatisfied with our performance. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z All these cost two dollars and thirty-five cents. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I would hate to tell you what this lousy little book cost me in money and anxiety and time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to being elderly, toothless, and incontinent, it seemed that, for the cost of a few thousand dollars, she could also spend three days a week hooked up to a machine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “No, but you’d be in real hot water with Daddy because those things cost a fortune!” she laughed. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “And what will this valuable information cost me?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The three quarters of a mile in the blazing heat, from Nuthanger to the foot of the hill, had cost Hazel more pain and effort than anything in his life. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z More disturbingly, the serial fizzles prompted new questions about Livermore’s management, its work product, and its cost. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The costs are exceedingly low; the benefits amount to permanent protection of the forests. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Only one thing was clear and certain—that at all costs he was going home, home to his own beloved master. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Goldman told me I should stop by the bakery for some cream puffs “which will cost you not a thing,” and I left. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “His family sponsored the building and helped pay for the startup costs, but everything else—my salary, the materials, the books—it’s all funded by the Ministry of Education.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “We have been looking into that. It’s not easy to determine how long impairments last—generally those costs can persist for ten seconds or fifteen seconds.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It would cost them some effort to get there. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Even if the cost is not an issue, the incentives are all wrong. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It had cost them a lot to get to Annapolis. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The mayor’s desk is well organized, and there are enough cost sheets and file folders that my head spins. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The kind of clothes that would cost more money than any of us had, or ever had. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Eventually, I discovered a small gap through which I proceeded to squeeze my person, but only at some cost to the shoulder of my jacket and the turn-ups of my trousers. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Since the federal budget that year was less than $7 million, the critics seem to be right when they conclude that the costs were not just daunting but also prohibitively expensive. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I wonder how much it would cost to spend the night here. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Claudia,” he demanded, “did you know food would cost so much? Now, aren’t you glad that we didn’t take a bus?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z This judgment also ignores the fact that inoculation with the spores need be done only once; the first cost is the only cost. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And then I put an “X” right next to it, on a corner where an apartment probably costs $20 million, and write Bobby's pad. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Bottom line—the only thing I care about is how much my education will cost. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’m not sitting in this traffic. It could cost me my life. You’ll be quicker cutting through the Old City on foot and walking out on the west road.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “Say I was to sell me a dog to a man and I wanted him to pay me one-tenth of what he owed up front; how much did the dog cost to start off?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Just ask your mama about the cost of that.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z To her way of thinking, they were a team, pure and simple, and she gave without counting the cost. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Luma pointed out that her program kept kids off the streets after school, at no cost to the city. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z That was typical of my husband: when he had worked things out for himself he would follow his conclusions at whatever cost to himself. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “So? Why would that hurt you? It didn’t cost you anything. Fufi’s here. She still loves you. She’s still your dog. So get over it.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It must have cost Aunt Consuelo at least twenty dollars, far too much. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Absolutely not. Do you realize how much that plate costs?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And really, the rewards compared to the cost were undeniable. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It was a situation like this, in fact, that could cost him his job. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My inability to bluff had cost us smaller battles than this one. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z As a first step toward cutting costs, Helen volunteered to go to work in the chicken palace, as the cashier. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Territorial empires are tightly controlled but costly to maintain; hegemonic empires are inexpensive to maintain, because the original local rulers incur the costs of administration, but the loose tie between master and vassal encourages rebellion. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Price on request...Harry didn’t like to think how much gold the Firebolt would cost. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She didn’t understand that, at least she didn’t understand how it made him feel when he heard her making plans and dreaming about things that cost money he didn’t have. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I bring up McCandless’s hubris and the dumb mistakes he made—the two or three readily avoidable blunders that ended up costing him his life. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the two possibilities I think humiliation would be more likely than the achievement of our objectives—even after we had paid terrible costs.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “It has cost us a lot of money to trace the boys this far, Mr. Getz,” he said, “and I can assure you that they are here. Somewhere..." “...in this filth!" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, it’s less than half of what IU would cost,” which was the state school a couple hours south of us in Bloomington. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But by not appealing, we undoubtedly cost Kathy, Andrew, and Elias: an appeals court might have cut down their sentences. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time a CD writer cost as much as the rest of the computer, nearly 2,000 rand. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Ten cents extra is a box—what it costs me wholesale.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The com was hot, dry, scorched, and delicious, and it cost five cents. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The annual costs were, relatively, more then than now, but in both cases less than 1 percent of the appropriate Gross National Product. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole operation had cost less than a penny per acre. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The human and social costs are beyond measure. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z "I know what the visit cost us. Take the books away." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As we have seen, the projected cost of compensation was a potent argument against gradual emancipation, and the argument has been echoed in most scholarly treatments of the topic ever since. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “The damage we’d do would cost even more than the two dollars.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Francesca walked the men over—this time, without Lewis and Clark—and they discussed costs and timing. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Neeley had a boxful of “miggies,” small brown and blue speckled marbles made of clay which cost a penny for twenty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I let her know which teachers she should stay away from at all costs and which ones to get to know even if she doesn’t have their classes. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They were boys who made a mistake that cost them their lives and that is so sad. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Not you. No. You have to own a kid’s car that costs more than a Cadillac and blows my hair all around.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I had begun to conceive of what my education might cost me, and I had begun to resent it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The locket was accorded this place of honor not because it was valuable—in all usual senses it was worthless—but because of what it had cost to attain it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z For this reason, Hunt explains, “there was no discussion of a helicopter” to evacuate Ngawang from Base Camp to Kathmandu, which would have cost $5,000. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He tried not to look in Burdow’s direction, but time and again his eyes went back, even at the cost of a great unrest inside him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A competent soldier, but a man who works with an eye to the future, a slippery man, a careful soldier; he will build his reputation whatever the cost. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought I wouldn’t come because of the thirty dollars it would cost in fuel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z So yeah, it'll be annoying, but all it costs me is time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Daily rental prices varied, depending on the horse and planned use, but the cost was usually under a dollar a day. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z As each of her children begins elementary school, Mirian’s costs rise. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “The syndicate is paying five cents apiece for plum tomatoes that cost you only half a cent apiece. How does the syndicate benefit?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At the end of the semester, I had to take an important exam, which cost one Zimbabwean dollar. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “None of us knows the cost,” I snap, and then hope no one notices the sharpness of my tone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At one session in Chicago the committee asked Davis to estimate the final cost of the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Shoulder-length hair, well built, and her clothes had cost somebody plenty. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z An article that cost thirty cents in 1912 still was thirty cents although mice and moths might seem to some to have reduced its value. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of my insurance through the state, the cost will be minimal, she says. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There's an ice cream shop where cones cost a quarter. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z To come out ahead after child-care costs, Generose figured she would have to find work that paid thirteen or fourteen dollars an hour. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z His men could bring the giant down, he knew, but not without cost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It would cost fourteen hundred dollars to repair. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z What could it cost to go over to the supplier’s warehouse and find out if the Pyramids were really that far away? The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Huh? That what you cost me five hundred dollars for?” he shouted. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Our task is done and it cost us nothing more than a journey.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I swore to myself that if I ever found the spy who’d cost her boyfriend his life, I would give him to Mrs. O’Leary as a chew toy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They don’t cost as much as a normal house and certainly not as much as a mansion. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I am thankful, grateful, in spite of the cost, to be here. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Parents and their kids swarmed through the aisles, admiring knickknacks, complaining over the cost of textbooks. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z "Yes, Your Highness," I say as I curtsy, but I don't know what it will cost me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z That meant that you calculated the cost of a public health project or medical procedure and tried to quantify its effectiveness. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the obvious lethality of it, the certainty that a wrong move would cost a limb. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Enough to cover the cost of the drinks plus tip—not too much, but enough to look like a big spender. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was, for instance, the question of cost. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z We had heavy debts to pay off, including the cost of Fathers ticket. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “How much would a message like this cost?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered how much the funeral had cost. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he was done tallying the accessories, including gloves for the grave digger, the total cost was astronomical. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He took obsessive zeal in recording captured goods and would defend them at all costs. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z This is probably expensive; he knows that collect calls to the United States from back home in Honduras cost several dollars a minute. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And why hadn’t I asked what that knife and tape measure are going to cost? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The cost of this trip keeps going up, but I’ll make it back this summer working in my dad’s office, and anyway, it’s a small ransom to pay for Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z If you have a copy of that magazine please send me the cost of that magazine.... Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Older boys in the fifth class have the thick Confirmation catechism with the red cover and that costs sixpence. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Howard wanted to grant the redhead his wish, but both he and Marcela were tormented by the thought of what it would cost him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It cost a hundred and twenty dollars, but that seemed like a bargain compared to the jacket. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z From his PhD research on Korean pharmaceutical companies, Jim knew that the price of a drug to the public often had little to do with the costs of manufacturing or distributing it. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “It isn’t made or trimmed,” sighed Meg, faintly, for a sudden recollection of the cost still to be incurred quite overwhelmed her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “But are you sure you are not in the position of those conquerors whose triumphs have cost them too dear? Would not such another ruin you?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She’s all about talking through your feelings, which is why I avoid her at all costs. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Mark Antony went along with the sham, but it cost him dearly. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It was like this dragon’s hoard of worthless brass that not even Smaug’s underachieving brother would want—and with real estate being so expensive in the city, the cost of storing them was probably astronomical. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The cost of cyclotrons already was raising the hackles of academic deans and presidents. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “You’ll be doing something for me. You see, your little mistake with Diko cost me thousands in damages to this zoo that you cannot repay because you are already indebted to me.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She tells him about the house her husband rents in Brookline, a sprawling Victorian that costs less than half of their one-bedroom apartment in Murray Hill. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she has to be herself at all costs, no matter who is standing in her line of sight. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z On walls and in buildings, the Nazis plastered posters that advertised the taxpayers’ cost of caring for the patients. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The university cost more than $30,000 a year; he couldn’t imagine how he would get around that. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because those who were targeted were typically poor or of moderate means, they often lacked the resources to hire an attorney or pay the considerable court costs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Such rejections cost American cattlemen about 3 V2 million dollars annually. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z How had this happened, that we’d been drawn deeper and deeper into the war, at such great cost? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The twenty-third string was a dud, costing us one minute. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I bet her outfit cost more than our car, but I don’t think she’s the kind of person to show off about her money or make you feel bad for being poor. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If a leg costs that much, what did the hospital cost? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z They were surrounded by Indians, and it would cost them too much in time and physical labor. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z There were thousands of Kantoreks, all of whom were convinced that they were acting for the best—in a way that cost them nothing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Brainy committees are continually evaluating the effectiveness and cost of doing various things in space, defense, energy, transportation, and the like, to give advice about prudent investments for the future. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Not being violent enough could cost me my body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It has cost him his ability to be sober. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The bigger the refrigerating unit for making beer, and the longer the assembly line for filling bottles with beer, the lower the cost of manufacturing beer. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They did not measure their joy in goods sold, their egos in bank balances, nor their loves in what they cost. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She bought into Hollywood’s lie, that love is mostly what you get instead of what you give, and what it costs, like the perfumed bottle ripped from her neck and sent flying to the ground. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He would be trying to get me back at any cost. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z One part of the rule is correct: it’s odd to use that with a nonrestrictive relative clause, as in The pair of shoes, that cost a thousand dollars, was hideous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z While Mama filled out the money order and figured out how to pay some of the other bills, Ty'ree made grocery lists and school supply lists and added and re-added the cost of everything. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Reeds and pads and sheet music cost money, plus he’s been saving forever for a new, better saxophone. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the war, Groves calculated, its construction, engineering, and electricity would cost more than a half billion dollars, making it the single most expensive component of the Manhattan Project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Living in the suburbs had taught her that everything costs. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Farmer was aware of what his critics would say: why blow $150,000 on antibiotics that, if you’d waited a while, would have cost you a fraction of that? Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z After all, if you already have the tractor and machinery, it doesn’t cost much more to farm another 100 acres, or another 500. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The apparatus would cost $700, according to the estimate he submitted to the university’s board of research. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My drink is $6.38 and I let her know that the cost of saving a life is at least two elaborate coffee drinks. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “A horse that could make that trip is going to cost,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t leave his test prep books behind; even used, they cost a fortune. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Folks laughed and screamed so much that you could see why this cost a whole quarter of a American dollar to come in and see. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t cost you anything! Anyone would think the quartermaster’s store belonged to him! And now get on with it, you old blubber-sticker, and don’t you miscount either.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It costs money to take care of the people you love. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I could just tell it cost a lot. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If the barrio or ghetto child can retain his separateness even while being publicly educated, then it is almost possible to believe that there is no private cost to be paid for public success. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is there anything about us you don’t know, Kittyhawk? We’ll keep your secrets and you keep ours. ‘Careless talk costs lives.’” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Mom tried to argue for a while, but then she saw how much Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots cost, and she said she supposed one present would be fine. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “Papa said the apartments here cost too much,” Hyacinth added. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Twelve and a half million—that’s what the new Conditioning Centre cost. Not a cent less.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z "Car number four cost eighty-six pounds—a real wreck that was—and sold for six hundred and ninety-nine pounds fifty." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “More, of course. Food costs more here. Tell him that your daughter, who is the oldest, must inherit his property. You have to establish these things at the start. Don’t begin meek.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly after sunrise, Armpit opened his book and tried to understand the difference between fixed costs and variable costs. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He left the door wide-open, and I knew there would be a lecture from Mrs. Lloyd about air-conditioning costs, so I pulled the door shut behind me as I followed him out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Felix Googled expensive dog stuff and found puppy perfume that cost three thousand dollars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z So when I’d found a chess set at a Sale and decided to buy it—despite it costing an awful lot of tokens—I was counting on Ruth’s help. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Stabling, food, and grooming for a horse like this would cost me a penny a day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He offered to split any profits we made after he was reimbursed for the cost of the drinks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It cost her a pang even to think of giving up the little treasures which in her eyes were as precious as the old lady’s jewels. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She also has braces that cost a whole bunch of money and I can’t pop her when she’s running her weak girl game. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As I learned in their creation, uttering these spells will cost you. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Bourbon—where they’d sell their cargo for double its cost—or lose their shirts. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z During the terror era there were hundreds of ways in which people of color could commit a social transgression or offend someone that might cost them their lives. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “And make me another promise that it’s not going to cost you yours.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “How much does a train ticket to Seattle cost?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Among the many other consequences of the Columbine High School tragedy: The cost of being different just went up. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “To get the word male out of the Constitution cost the women of the country...years of pauseless campaigning,” she later wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I would rather use my money to fly in a specialist. I don’t care about the cost.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z On Sunday Lyddie went to see her, taking her botany text and a couple of novels that cost Lyddie twenty cents at the lending library. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z One day, while Captain Smith is away on an exploration trip up the river, President Ratcliffe makes a decision that costs him his presidency. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z But they bowed to Sproul’s judgment that losing Lawrence would be even costlier, and voted to cover all the annual operating and maintenance costs that Lawrence had budgeted for the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Its failure to appreciate its importance,” the souvenir said, “has cost the Exposition Company many thousands of dollars.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the end the Sushana River site was sufficiently remote to cost him his life. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got something to eat at one of the street-corner groceries, I noticed that it cost more money than it would have in Marshall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To begin with, it is extremely unlikely that a strategy based purely on costs, crime rates, and the wisdom of drug treatment will get us back even to the troubling incarceration rates of the 1970s. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She would sit in the kitchen, cold with rage and staring at the turkey, which, since Frank always bought them unplucked and with the head on, would cost her hours of exasperating, bloody labor. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Opium costs too much. He’s never had enough money for a binge as long as this.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z If you could buy shoats on credit, fatten them on food that cost next to nothing, sell them, pay off your loan, and take your profit, you would really have done something. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Vivi is right; it cost me something to be the way I am. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Frank joked that his brother had once cost them $100,000 by swatting a fly. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The magazine cost a dime and Francie had had to wait until Saturday to get it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Adams chose the latter course; like Washington, he was committed to American neutrality at almost any cost. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It might end up costing him his life—but that didn’t trouble him. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z By concentrating on this dangerous material, it has been possible not only to get good results, but to keep the cost of the sanitation program within reasonable limits. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He will hold her and wonder, very briefly, about the future that loving her will cost him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It cost us our innocence and a precious year of our teenage lives. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Five thousand dollars is what I estimate the redecorating and the newspaper ads will cost." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z But ribbons cost money, and string bound the hair just as well. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Partly as a result, food prices in Japan are very high: the best beef costs $200 a pound, while chicken costs $25 a pound. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One is that the cost of insect control by chemicals is increasing steadily. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It had cost the same price as ninety oxen, but, as Guenever had already read it seven times, it was no longer exciting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It will cost a great deal,” he said slowly, “for opium is as dear as jade.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Bright shades of blue, emerald, and soft brown, her gown and matching peacock mask had cost as much as a small house. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z What anguish it must cost him, Kit thought with shame, to have to sit here and pass judgment on a member of his own household. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Jane had told her what train to take, what to do, how much it would cost. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But they come at a cost, which is the extra load they impose on memory. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Only now it had cost me one third of my flock. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z This had been the villa of a very wealthy German and the busts must have cost him plenty. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The one I’ve wished for, but that came at so high a cost. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He had been trained to get a grip at once and to hold it at all costs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After all it cost her, Cora didn’t know if it made her proud or more spiteful toward the woman. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Cat food costs a lot of money,” I said, trying to remember if Auntie Braxton had ever been known to buy fish from a local waterman to feed to her cats. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you want us to do? Fly back and forth? And who’s going to pay for it? The flights alone would cost...” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z My campaign had been successful, and it had cost me my brother. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Longstreet took the limp palm, knowing the effort it cost the Englishman, who thought handshaking unnatural. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “To buy the land and pay the back taxes, it will cost one thousand dollars.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Last time, we bought candy at 7-Eleven, and Sneaky was mad because it cost us more. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z But most real entertainment cost money, and my hard-won pennies were too precious to squander. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "You must be very clever to find a use for something that costs nothing," she said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Neither of them bothered to point out that baseball teams cost way more than five million dollars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z His sole claim to fame during a lackluster tenure on the city council was detecting a bookkeeping error that would have cost the city a million dollars. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Most TB patients, for example, were treated in their huts by one of the clinic’s health workers, and the entire cost was usually no more than $200 per patient. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “There’s too much space in there, and it would be bad for the books in the long term. Hand lamps cost a talent and a half.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Again I resolved to leave the party, for the emotional cost of membership was too high. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z After this, I decide that the cost of upsetting them is too much. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It had a huge moon roof, heated and massaging seats, and plenty of room for Freebie, and it cost a mere $350 per day, plus insurance. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z My dad is that guy who avoids going to doctors at all costs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t cost a penny to be sweet,” she said, smiling down on me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The primary therapist had been hired by Nicole’s mother and paid for by Nicole’s father at nine hundred dollars an hour, which is what it costs to have a psychiatrist make house calls. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She was listing all the things she had put in it, to make sure they were all there, because they cost a lot of money. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “For free! Do you know how much an education like that costs these days?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “The cost of fertilizer, the cost of renting the farmland, the rent on this house, bad crops for a few years.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z To help alleviate the costs for beginners or for kids whose parents weren’t willing or able to purchase fencing equipment, our high school had equipment for rent, like jackets, knickers, and lames. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Yeah, Dad, the Marine Corps spares no expense on those I.D. photographs. It must cost them at least a nickel for every million dependents they take pictures of,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the cost of supporting their work in Haiti and Peru and maintaining staff, overhead, and other projects in Boston, White’s money was not enough. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Do you know how much that glass cost?” he asked. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It was several weeks before Lyddie caught on that the novel was from the lending library and thus cost Betsy five cents a week to borrow. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The ruling class paid African labor a subsistence wage and then added value to the cost of the goods, which they retained for themselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve apologized to Tyler more times than I can count for what I’ve cost him, but the words are awkwardly placed and I stumble over them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Since she came to America, she had always braided her hair with long extensions, always alarmed at how much it cost. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Multiple ambushes cost the lives of many Spanish troops and animals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then I lie down on the horse blanket and drift into a dream about Marlena that will probably cost me my soul. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Since recently we have electricity, but it costs so much we use it little. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z What was the cost of freedom, when it was your brothers buried in the ground, swallowed by Mother Earth? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I try not to think about how the water costs four dollars here. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Besides losing his appetite and his drum, Grandpa always said the War cost him half his left arm. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The cups and lemonade mix had cost nine dollars. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z A ton of coal, which would last most of the winter, cost about fifty dollars—including delivery—or even as little as thirty dollars for the lower-grade stuff. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z This was the moment I had lost Audrey: this was the moment the costs had become real, when the tax was levied, the rent due. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Should that name pass his lips, it might cost him a finger or an ear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Not to mention the cost to mail these bills done gone up to a nickel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z According to Armpit’s father, the cost of air-conditioning the homes in west Austin, with their high ceilings and grand entrances, was greater than the amount he paid in rent. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It is comparatively inexpensive: the cost of a single naval vessel of intermediate size— a modern destroyer, say—would pay for a decade-long program in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother was faced with the cost of passage to England, room and board and living expenses, and tuition at the University of London. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z One way the permits had been reduced was simply by annually upping their cost by about two cents per head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When Jake’s mother got home from work, she was so impressed by the gourmet meal that greeted her, she didn’t ask anything about how much it cost. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z This time, her reckless meddling could cost him everything. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z How much does a house as gorgeous as this cost in a city as expensive as Tokyo? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I like sleep. A lot. Summer school is costing me enough sleep, and now you? Betrayal.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Must I let a scullery maid cost me my head?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I think it cost him a good deal to say what he did, and he never varied his attitude once. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Someday, she was going to cost Eastern Shore plantation owners a huge amount of money by guiding three hundred of their runaway slaves to freedom. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “They’re already discussing it in Washington! It would cost less money to close down Key West and move its citizens somewhere else than to try to save it.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “How nice my handkerchiefs look, don’t they? Hannah washed and ironed them for me, and I marked them all myself,” said Beth, looking proudly at the somewhat uneven letters which had cost her such labor. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z They kept their diamonds and oil at a horrific cost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to recoup his costs, he set out a cash basket and a sign with the suggested price. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They were to be avoided at all costs. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z IOI would be billed, and the cost of the repairs would be added to my outstanding debt to the company. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It cost about ninety bucks, and all he bought it for was twenty. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I like the fact that Bull did that stupid, reckless act of turning away from the town before he punched out, an action that cost him his life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was too lame to train for his final qualifying race, and it cost him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z With prisons so much in the news, costing so much money, and confining such unprecedented numbers of people, it seemed to me that their operations should be completely transparent. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Typically the restoration process is a bureaucratic maze that requires the payment of fines or court costs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The runner was safe, and the mistake cost us a run or something. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “A fixed cost,” Armpit said as it all suddenly made sense to him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The recent catastrophe cost the family a fortune in insurance deductibles. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A Pyrrhic victory is one where you win, but the cost of winning is so high that it would’ve been better if you'd never bothered with the war in the first place. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It is a characteristic of this kind of technology that it costs an enormous amount of money and requires a continuing expansion of hospital facilities. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Another, though, would cost the Colonel and Alaska a minute. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z In the Queens diner a bowl of soup with a buttered roll cost two dollars, all day. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He knew the party was going to cost him plenty. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a job that cost fifteen dollars, three times what it cost to move all the rest of the furniture. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And we command you to provide necessaries for them as long as they shall be with you by our command, and the cost, etc., shall be accounted, etc. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z You don’t have to read it—I’m not asking that—but I would love to cost those publishing geniuses a few dollars, because, let’s face it, they’re not spending much on advertising my books. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The industrial food chain costs each and every one of us: in government spending, in pollution, in global warming, and in our health. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “We have to fall back to the doorway. Hold it at all costs!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z My hand closed around the little figurine that had cost her life. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "Do you feel this? This is what it cost us to survive. We all paid with some part of ourselves. None of us escaped unbroken." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “So, they paid for him to fly all the way to Chicago. Did they pay for his hotel? I hope it didn’t cost you anything, Maureen.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Cleopatra—daring, clever, smart, rich, determined, and rash—intended to win at any cost. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And I knew the true cost of this food, the precise amount of time and work it had taken to get it and prepare it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “No. Whiskey Devil—he’s the head of the Justices—owes me a favor from a long time ago. It won’t cost that much.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re a child, Turner. You don’t know how they can take you in, make you think what they want you to think. Tonight it could have cost you your life.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how the world operated or how much things cost. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then it’s an older white guy attacking “this wicked city” for its heretically inadequate contribution of souls to the revival—which costs money, you know, this tent didn’t just put itself up. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The curriculum was extremely quantitative, focused on figuring out how to maximize benefits and minimize costs, without much concern for what those benefits achieved and the costs created. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z For the most part, entrenched custom dies hard and blanket spraying continues to thrive, to exact its heavy annual costs from the taxpayer, and to inflict its damage on the ecological web of life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And in a rare instance the Law Society was ordered to pay its own costs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t include the cost to our health from new superbacteria. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Now he was out another thirty dollars for the ad in the paper, and it would cost ten more to change it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Do you see what your clumsiness has cost me?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Filling them both cost three pesetas sixty centimos. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Sam explain how much money each one cost. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ser Lancel did not appear to accept the title; the talk was, his wound might cost him his arm or even his life. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My stipend was a predetermined amount of money—based on world ranking—to defray the cost of training expenses. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z In the 1920s the cost of a radio had been prohibitive—$120 or more—and all that bought was a box of unassembled parts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He said, “It won’t cost nothing. We get there at the right time, we’ll get some work inside and they’ll even pay us to be there. Jimmy from this barge did that last weekend.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a safe, clean place, she assures us, that doesn’t cost much money, and she has booked three single rooms. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z My mother sent a consoling letter along with a check to cover the cost of the cremation. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Ernest now discovered one hazard of overambitious planning: the cost overrun. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It cost me another gash on the index finger and blood trickled down into my palm. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A pretty weapon like that doesn't cost much on the market—480 Notes, less than a stove. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z His foolishness had cost him his freedom, and, as he told Shin, it would soon cost him his wife. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z One wrong word could cost him another toe, even a finger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But when I glance at the Director, I know this is going to cost us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z By rough estimates, it had cost the town approximately two and a half to three dollars a week for over two years just to ticket Onofre Martinez. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the end, the way interest rates are fluctuating, a serious delay could cost a mint.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t that money cover the cost of having an extra person?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z At the same time, he agrees there is reason to be wary of too much television viewing, largely in light of the opportunity costs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She doesn’t seem to like any 1 gift more than the others, but it’s obvious my present cost the least. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Falco had only a few square kilometers of surface area, but it had still cost me a pretty penny. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z How often had they complained how much Harry cost them to keep? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In the United States the price of corn is usually below what it costs to grow it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I was talking to him one day about the cost of attending the Pennsylvania state colleges favored by many Truman students, which run about $12,000 a year. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Thusly, I have decided that these new costs will be retroactively added to the current outstanding balance on your indenture contract.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Constructed at enormous cost, this porous architectural folly consumed twenty thousand trees. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Corn, that used to cost a few shillings a bushel, cost twenty-five dollars a bushel—in silver. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was frustrating to be driven away from two jobs that we very much enjoyed, but a starter home for our family would have cost over $600,000.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The war cost England so much that George III, who had become king in 1760, urged Parliament, England’s law-making assembly, to find a way to pay for it. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The journey around Indianapolis cost about seven dollars in gas, and I knew it was wasteful, but I felt so much better after circling the city. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z And each cup of lemonade cost fifty cents. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The risk might cost me, infuriate Du Barry further, but if it allows me to stand out from my sisters, the gamble will be worth it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I can't even guess how much it costs to live here, but it must be a lot. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “That’s what my mom calls the hairpieces we use. Princess hair. They cost a lot, about five or six hundred dollars.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I decided it was worth it, even if it cost me more money. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Excuse me, how much does this cost? Can you read it?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Back off, son. And give me a break. It’s just good clean advice. Your scratch with Luzan cost us, and not just money. People are talking.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A loaf of bread usually cost no more than half a zloty! Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I mean, said it sometimes cost him ten thousand dollars a week to run his operation. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z To get in the front door of the Eolian cost you a whole copper jot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “All those in favor of sharing the cost, put up your hands.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “They get her for almost nothing. About all she costs ’em is for her food and there ain’t much of that from the look of her when she came back to the quarter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A few years later, at enormous cost to the humans, it was built. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He got three tapes to my two, but my two cost more than his three. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z She really wanted to get a Kaira DeLeon official tour T-shirt, but when they got to the front, they were told it cost twenty-eight dollars. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z In the beer business, as in other businesses, production costs decrease greatly with scale. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “You think I don’t know the song? The boots cost a lot of money. I have to take care of them.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The cost for boys’ medical supplies at Permian was $6,750. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “First a bicycle, so I wouldn’t have to walk to school. That would only cost me twenty dollars.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The price is never as high as the cost of managing the same diseases during the earlier stages of no-technology or halfway technology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder how much they cost because they look cool as hell. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z This would prevent defeat in the short term, but at a substantial cost. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it had unnecessarily cost Leo Valdez his life. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We received a polite letter from our HMO, wishing us the best of luck, regretting they couldn’t cover the cost. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And last year, it had been a defective Talos statue that cost Bianca her life—another one of Hephaestus’s little projects. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Thanks, I will,” I say, even though flowers will cost more money. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z So she drops what she’s doing when she sees a spot on the sofa because it cost four figures and it’s not paid for yet. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I know it wouldn’t shoot any better for it, but I bought the one with the pearl handle even though it cost fifteen dollars. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Can you please tell me how much a glass of lemonade costs?" The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Perhaps on some other anniversary of the United States somebody will read this and see what the cost has been. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But what is the optimum way, given severe constraints on size, cost and power requirements, to search for microbes on Mars? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder how much a plane trip to Paris costs. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Tomorrow from the school pay phone, she’d call the bus station and find out how much the ticket cost. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z However, the reoccupation of the Rhineland had not come without some cost. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Those babies cost five thousand dollars a pop,” Harris said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The patron would buy things wholesale and resell them at cost to his workers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I took off the contraption and explained to Dad that, because my front teeth stuck out so badly, I needed braces, but they cost twelve hundred dollars, so I had made my own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Riddle had no reason to disrupt his colt’s schedule to take on Seabiscuit and accept a risk, however small, that a fluke would cost his horse the championship. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He says, “Yeah. I guess I did. And victory always has a cost.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z As she questioned me, she studied what I wore, assessing the fabric and appraising the cost of each item and making a judgment about my taste in general. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like more ice cream would cost more money, but apparently that’s not how the world of ice cream worked. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z These materials were much more expensive than wood, and cost more to put up, and, thus, were beyond the means of poorer citizens. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Louie and Norman Bright split the cost of a room at the Lincoln Hotel. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “I just thought...you knew how much it cost, so...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In the papers there didn’t seem to be any cost. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, the unsatisfactory attempts at chemical control in earlier years had cost about £, 1 o per acre. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And in the larger society, too, the cost of repression becomes another factor weighing against the expansion or restoration of needed services. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, Jefferson estimated that it cost him nearly eighty dollars just to get to Germantown. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z And even for those he is complaining that we cost him too much! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At the cost of a few society members who die in battle as soldiers, the whole society becomes much more effective at conquering other societies or resisting attacks. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It has shortwave, wide frequencies, a big attenuator—this radio costs more than everything at Children’s House put together. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Guess it’s broken all right. Wonder how much that’ll cost me.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And if they sent grownups down the mine, they’d be dead, so they use kids instead because they cost less. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z "Car number two," the father went on, "cost me one hundred and eighteen pounds and sold for seven hundred and sixty. Got it?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Negro Digest costs twenty-five cents, and Ollie Mae says there are twenty-five other things she could spend that money on, so we don’t get any magazines. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Returning to their original path would cost them at least two days of hard travel. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Any food that reaches us in Kinshasa has to come over impossible roads in dilapidated trucks from the interior, so it costs too much even if you can find it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The High Blade did not want anything to obstruct his view—and anyone stupid enough to trip over the edge would deserve the time and cost of revival. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In the end, Judge Willmore decided to have the defense and state split the cost of the witnesses. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z With his size and his speed and his ability, he was worth the special status at whatever cost and whatever effect it had on the dynamics of the team or his own development. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When he hands over the two tickets to the usher, I see that they cost over one hundred dollars each. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It turns out that a deluxe, all-inclusive tour through the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge costs twenty-five dollars per person and lasts roughly three hours. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z There are no secret economies that nourish the poor; on the contrary, there are a host of special costs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s almost another hour of adjustments and testing and warnings about not overdoing it, watching for hot spots, and avoiding stump blisters at all cost before I walk out of there. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Alive, love, words she can use now only at a cost. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z For most men, there was no cost to joining a company, but he was not most men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At whatever cost he was bound to make the attempt and Pylades would not let him make it alone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to weigh this benefit, however, against the near-term costs of signing on. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “What you need,” the Savage went on, “is something with tears for a change. Nothing costs enough here.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z A good one cost as much as twenty-five dollars. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I could now give media interviews during flights, get my hair and makeup done en route to an event, or bring Sasha and Malia along with me at no extra cost. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Smoking on the stairway when her father was installed in his Whitehall ministry was all the revolt her education would allow, and still it cost her some effort. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The publishers agreed to spring for the postage costs, so your total expense is the note or card or whatever. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Preparations for the Opening Day ceremony had cost Olmsted’s department valuable time, as did the planting and grading required to repair the damage the day’s crowd had inflicted throughout the park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Postage to America now cost fourteen Zim dollars—two weekends' worth of tips. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z After we had our first baby in 1943, we moved across the street to a one-room kitchenette that cost six dollars a week. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It had cost my parents’ marriage, my mother’s spirit, my sister’s arm. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z And how much could it cost to heat his attic room? Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Rising in elevation costs a ton of energy. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z New pair cost seven dollars though, which means I’m on be eating cabbage and tomato till I turn into Br’er Rabbit. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “You’re forgetting what it costs for bait and lost traps and gas for the outboard. And sometime the lobster don’t cooperate, you know that.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I agree. Guess how much they cost,” she says. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A barrage of questions followed: What would it cost the town? Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But if Tea Cake could have counted costs he would not have been there with the pistol in his hands. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The only restrictions were that improvements had to be shared at no cost. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir, you don’t understand. Your mother has been shot. In her brain. She’ll be in ICU. One night in ICU could cost you fifteen, twenty thousand rand.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z About three hundred families have already bought memberships, which now cost $300,000. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Plus, it still wouldn't cover the cost of renting a tux. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Everything on the shelves cost much more than fifty-one cents. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Arnold was a faithful supporter of Lincoln during the war’s darkest hours, and the resulting dip in the president’s popularity cost Arnold his seat in the Flouse. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t speak for everyone, but the easier answer I can give is that we need to fund-raise for Ms. Perez to help her with the costs associated with the funeral.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was testing the chicken of a new vendor; so far it tasted the same and cost ten percent less. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad was too stubborn to shut it down, even though it cost him more to have his foreman salvaging than it would have cost him to cut the iron with torches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Driving Sister Betty back to the friends’ home where she was staying with the children, they estimated that it would cost them about another $1000 to make the move. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the cost of buying slaves and their upkeep on one hand and paying white workers meager but livable wages on the other. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Scythehood is humanity’s highest calling, and to achieve it should cut one’s soul to the very core, so that no scythe will ever forget the cost of the ring they bear. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “How much does one of these things cost—a buck or two?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadrach, however, was very far away and was a part of the price which the battle of Gettysburg had cost. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps having looked into her face that day, he had counseled his companions against revenge: It will cost you. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In fact, I had no idea where Zlata lived, if she spoke English, or how much it would cost to bring her here. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She said, “Do you know how much it costs to fly someone to the moon?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see her tallying the cost of my ultimatum, weighing it against my possible worth. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It cost thousands of dollars, and his father barely made enough to pay for rent and food. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “It needs to say ‘dance’ and how much it costs,” Kristi says. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He says if he had a handcart he could wheel the bags from float to house and that would be a blessing but a handcart would cost two weeks’ wages and who could afford that? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I don’t know what addicts’ crimes cost nationally, but it is said to be billions a year in New York City. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z You could make as many guesses as you wanted, but each one cost ten silver, paid into the purse, which was a shabby affair of old green brocade held closed with a gaudy brooch. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Harold Morowitz has calculated what it would cost to put together the correct molecular constituents that make up a human being by buying the molecules from chemical supply houses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The man at O’Riordan’s Travel Agency says he can’t get me to America by air unless I travel to London first, which would cost a fortune. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z If profits are 12 percent, for example, is this 12 percent of costs, of sales, of last year’s profits, or of what? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When Andy took to his bed for the last time, the boys bought him a genuine swansdown pillow that cost seven dollars. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Good hounds cost money, and they just didn’t have it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt what he had felt—the awfulness of what a moment’s inattention, thoughtlessness, stupidity had brought about, and its probable cost. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z America's factories efficiently mass-produced military weapons, planes, tanks, cars, and other machinery with fewer workers and at a lower cost. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Since we owned a mule, it didn’t cost nothing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, thanks to the magical economics of supersizing, it cost only thirty cents more than the sixteen- ounce “small.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She was released upon payment of a ten-dollar fine and four dollars in court costs. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The numbers were staggering, a visceral reminder of the war’s tragic cost. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z That was why I tried to avoid my mind so much as brushing up against someone else’s at all costs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The man had indeed brought light back to the city, but at a terrible cost. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The costs of frequent flights into space were judged to be too high to continue with government-sponsored shuttles. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Once shoppers know this, they begin to look at food costs differently. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He could see a run-down building and have not only the vision to see what it might become, but also the practical knowledge of what it would cost and how long it would take. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It cost almost three dollars, but she couldn’t think of what to do about the expense. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They can cost hundreds and hundreds of pounds, sometimes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “You the only one. You’re smart to stay away from the general store, though. You go there, your pockets empty real fast. They got the prices so high, even a penny whistle costs two bits!” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The detective asked how much Smith’s room had cost. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Here at last, Burnham saw, was a man who understood the true cost of each lost minute. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My mom was furious with him because he’d cost us a whole tank of petrol, which was enough to get us to work and school for two weeks. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Full fare one way costs one dollar and sixty cents. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that it had cost him an arm and a leg and that it was now his lucky chess set. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the distance that separated the two schools and the fact that Permian, at a cost of $20,000 to the school district, had chartered a 737 jet to get to Marshall. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Children who seemed to have escaped evacuation ran about on the grass shouting and laughing, the band struggled with music beyond its capabilities, and deck chairs still cost twopence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But even so, he said, “Doesn’t it cost more to make American food than to make pasta?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I listed a few artist’s supplies that I thought she couldn’t do without, and included approximate costs. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z ‘Dunno how. You get the film out and take it to the camera shop to have it developed. It costs money and you have to wait. What a bloody palaver.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t see how. When my daddy died last year this April it costed one hundred and fifty dollars. ’ The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Her supplies, once she had made the original purchase of bucket and long-handled squeegee, cost her five dollars a week. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I am ashamed that I made an error, knowing that our errors always cost us more. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She epitomized the attitude I wanted to emulate, to be true to yourself, even when the costs are high, while simultaneously uniting people through love and laughter. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A pregnant child upon the docks doth cost less than a fine dress she might wear two years later; and luxury is earned by being wrested. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Sir, you don’t understand. We have to do so many tests. One test alone could cost two, three thousand rand.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "It could end up costing hundreds by the time we get there." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Answering before a question was completed or having several kids answer at once were violations of the rules that would cost points. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Still, the thrill of the drop wasn’t worth the cost. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It has cost him his marriage, his smile, his ability to eat enough, sleep enough, and feel enough. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “This was my evening dress for quite some time,” Marian recalled, “and in some ways it made me happier than the one that would have cost fourteen ninety-eight.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z But it was grim, dangerous work that soon cost him two of his fingers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It cost so much money to come to America, especially to pay everyone for the proper papers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z In the end, our meal cost less than thirty dollars, but we left Holly a twenty-dollar tip for putting up with us. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z This means pharmaceutical companies, scientists, and universities control what research can be done on those genes, and how much resulting therapies and diagnostic tests will cost. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Building a new canoe was backbreaking, tedious work that cost the expedition precious time. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z If I have to have it, I will open it, cost whatever it costs. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This was something to the effect that, in the Underworld, a great ox costs only a penny, but I knew what he meant and in spite of myself I laughed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They cost a hundred and ten dollars for a pack of thirty-six colors. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Rims? Hubcaps? Do they cost a lot of money?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Delacroix “wanted life; life at all costs, life everywhere, in the fields, in the skies, around his figures.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At dinner the first night, Conant asked Lawrence what he thought it might cost to replicate the Rad Lab at Harvard. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was too much like showing off to accept such a lavish present in front of Ricky, whose car cost less than my monthly allowance at age twelve. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But the heady excitement of turning one tune into two at no extra cost had another spin-off: organum where one voice stood still instead. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Blacks across the North organized to cover the cost of legal fees. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nor could dispensers of government patronage merely weigh scientific projects against one another: the cost of high-energy physics had become so great that broader priorities were implicated. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Personally I like to think a lot about cars, what features they offer and what they cost, but my sister will only talk about where they GO. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And my mother nods and agrees: “Bleach and sponge cost so much.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Five hundred you cost me today. What you got to say about it? Huh? Think we can afford that?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He knows the cost of a human life lost in an airplane crash, a car accident, a mining disaster. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe. But what would the cost of that friendship be?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma wouldn’t be happy about the cost of the collect call, but I doubted Papa minded. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a perfect fit, and it cost only twenty-five dollars, marked down from twenty-seven fifty. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, we are. And neither the flight nor the stay will cost us any Cookie Monster Cash!” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Three hamburgers, two fries, one chicken sandwich, and drinks ended up costing us $43.11! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z These cost twenty bucks at the swap meet. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A little legal advice from my cousin: as a young person without immigration status, you must avoid a criminal record at all costs. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “I expect it’s going to cost something to get him out, I don’t know what.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z If A fills her bag with shredded newspaper and B doesn’t, A will get what she wants at no cost and B will be duped. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they knew the amount, the funeral cost eighty percent of it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We don’t have them yet in New York—the unions have kept them out—but many states have been tempted by the prison companies’ promises of cost savings. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Though Jesper didn’t think anyone would be lying in wait, some guard might be charged with protecting the gate mechanism at all cost. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I believe it cost two bits, but you had to pay that each year. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Send them that ship, guaranteed, and U. S. Robots can collect their two hundred thou plus construction costs. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z You will see what it costs to leave your work . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a terrible sin to buy anything with a German or Japanese label, no matter if it cost only a nickel. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “You can get some out of our freezer for a fraction of the cost.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It would have meant a trip to the hospital, and Matt wanted to avoid that at all costs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In those days, gas cost less than twenty cents a gallon, but that was a lot then. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people simply cannot afford the considerable cost of hiring an attorney. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A nonrestrictive relative clause is set offby commas, dashes, or parentheses, and expresses a comment from the peanut gallery, as in The pair of shoes, which cost five thousand dollars, was hideous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He evidently thought his life was so valuable that someone would surely save it even at the cost of the supreme sacrifice. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The cost of this medicine must be astronomical. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The number has soared because prices have correspondingly plummeted, to about an eighth of what they cost in 1994. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Between tournament fees, airplane tickets, hotel costs, and food, the average cost to compete in one World Cup competition was around $2,000, and there were eight World Cups a season. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Turned out the tow truck guy was right and my parents’ car was going to cost them a supermassive amount of money. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem to mind too much so long as it didn’t cost him anything. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She was exhausted and angry, and even though she knew it would cost her the job, she lifted her hand to strike the man hard in the face. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Colonies do not cost much, and with little or no expense a prince can send and maintain them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z There were no closing costs or other fees. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z One wrong word could cost him another toe, even a finger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What do you mean they were only supposed to cost one hundred and thirty-five?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z As for the dress, it had cost a week’s wages and she was forced to use scrip. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “That boat cost half a million bucks if it cost a penny. And you heard how much he paid for the rod and reel.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z As I grew older, I learned to delay my obedience, but each moment cost me dear—in breathlessness, nausea, dizziness, and other complaints. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z So she took a taxi, which cost her an arm and a leg. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote to one official in 1226 asking if he could possibly obtain three pounds of the precious substance—at a cost of about 450 modern dollars. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Mama told us it cost a whole fifty dollars— a lot of money in those days. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But one of the most important factors in triggering the conflict at the time it actually happened was the rebellion in Ireland which cost the Boyle family so dear. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “She...wanted something she shouldn’t want. There are costs for that kind of thing.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Everything cost more, including toll calls, phone installation, pizza slices, and meals at Arby s. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been of such enormous importance to me for so long that my habit was to defend it at all costs. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Chastened by criticism of the stupefying length of October’s Dedication Day ceremony, the fair’s officers had kept the Opening Day program short and pledged to honor the timetable at all costs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The last had cost me dearly, but for once I wasn’t concerned about money. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But the great waves had cost me all the food and weapons which were stored in the cave, as well as the canoe I had been working on and those hidden under the south cliffs. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Or worse, maybe he wouldn’t But no matter what David said now, he would always remember what she had done, the lives she had cost with her secrets. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Neither the costs nor the troubles we met building Dragonwings could stop us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama asked as she browsed through the piles of videos that cost only ninety-nine cents each. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wish I could, but it’s up to the owner. And those upgrades cost money.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “It costs much to stay here,” he said. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The failed invasion cost the Germans heavily: More than one million German lives were lost. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, come on. I mean, think about it, anything, no matter the cost.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z She later agreed with a complaining Lupita that the shoes had cost far too much money. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z But all of those blessings came at a cost. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It cost a fortune, I know, because I saw the booking receipt for the flight and the room in his email inbox. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z College cost a great deal less back then, and we were able to earn a substantial portion of the money for tuition ourselves, an impossibility now. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Saving society money is a travesty if the cost of that savings is in human lives. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It hurt to think that a good decision—the right decision, as far as I was concerned—seemed to be costing him so much. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was the source of trouble and corruption, and should be avoided at all costs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But at that particular moment, I was furious at what Ambrose had cost me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The converter attachment, which had cost them one hundred dollars, automatically supplied her name whenever the announcer addressed his anonymous audience, leaving a blank where the proper syllables could be filled in. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z If my sister or I got arrested, it could cost all of us the ability to stay in the United States. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z My high school experience blessedly cost us nothing except for bus fare. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I imagine Izzi, small and frightened yet determined to befriend me though she knew well what the cost could be. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It seemed like there was always another battle to fight, and they all cost money. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Aglovale heaved a sigh, and said: “So far as I am concerned, then have not been any Grail adventures. But it has cost me a sister. Perhaps a brother as well.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The ticket would cost over a thousand dollars, even one way. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Regardless of perspective, what was important was the message imparted by one through posture and expression and interpreted by the other: You may get the better of me, but it will cost you. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The incursions of barbarian tribes from the north and east became more frequent, and the cost of defending the far-flung borders of the Empire became ever more impossible to maintain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The cost of weapons is small here because the Black Disciples had a side deal with local gunrunners, helping them navigate the neighborhood in exchange for free or steeply discounted guns. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The cost of oblivious daydreaming was always this moment of return, the realignment with what had been before and now seemed a little worse. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was an act of heroism that would cost Harris his life. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It was only yards, but she could imagine the cost. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Every test costs money, and in the end, I'm not looking for a cure—just a way to understand what's going on in her head. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It must cost a lot of money to feed them.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was costing him every bit of determination he had to keep talking, yet he sensed that once he had finished, he would feel better. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Construction proceeded slowly, but at a fraction of the proper cost. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes when I hear that something or other is selling at a fraction of its normal cost, I comment that the fraction is probably Vz, and am met with a blank stare. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And the man smiled again and it was a very funny kind of smile, and he whispered, “I can give you whatever you want. It won’t cost anything. I’ll just ask one thing in return.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Mitchell asserted that as soon as the stomach and intestines filled with blood, they had to be emptied at all costs. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Despite the tremendous cost of the British attacks on its villages and crops, the enormous Cherokee Nation remained strong, with a well-functioning government. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Which makes it definitely not worth the cost of getting there. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But the human cost of sudden affluence has also been astonishing. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I couldn't ride a horse or ski, the two things I wanted to do most, because they cost too much money. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The miscellaneous expenses also include the costs associated with a gang member’s murder. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z You’re in here costing the state money, taking the same pills you took before. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It’s the other exhaustion I hate, the endless news of Mobutu’s excesses and the costs of long-term deprivation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Can you even think how much that cost? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z New York was expensive and we could not stop laughing at the cost. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But not if it cost him his crew. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There is no problem of access, the entire health-care delivery system is immediately at hand, and the cost of all items is surely less than that for nonmedical families. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been built above the original stone castle, and cost a kingdom’s wealth to construct. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They need never know how difficult it had been, or how much it had cost her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The high cost of housing is squeezing middle-class people off the island. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “We want you to organize a committee against the high cost of living ...” “The high cost of living?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well I wouldn’t want to cost you any sleep,” Kote said sarcastically, his eyes gone hard again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He answered, “We can’t afford a New York Times. It costs a dime.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But with lower-wage Indian reporters, who can be hired in large numbers for the cost of one reporter in New York, it can now do that from Bangalore. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z It was the beginning of a ferocious and bloody battle that would last nearly six months and cost two million people their lives. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The Candor sing the praises of the truth, but they never tell you how much it costs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They were printed on stiff, expensive paper, and each ticket pad cost the town two dollars and sixty cents. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The former president told Rondon that a detailed map was costing them too much time. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The companies that run the farms expect this death rate and figure it into the cost of production. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Together they managed to restrain and tie up nine of the skrewts, though at the cost of numerous burns and cuts; finally, only one skrewt was left. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The effort to speak had cost him a good deal. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z In another study, researchers at the University of San Francisco appear to have found more evidence of the cost of constantly consuming information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She told her husband not to call an ambulance; it would cost too much. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We also still have the brownstone in Boston, which I am sure costs a fortune as well. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z "Homes, you know it costs money just to apply to them fancy schools." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He did not know why Min did not explain things more fully; Tree-ear’s mistakes often cost valuable time or wasted valuable clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z This was a vast sum, far more than the cost of a train ticket. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At any rate it would have cost him most of his year’s earnings to buy Maddie one year of flying lessons. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We were not concerned with getting off or lessening our punishment, but with having the trial strengthen the cause for which we were all struggling — at whatever cost to ourselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, though, he neglected to arrange for the pilot to fly him back to civilization at summers end, and it cost McCunn his life. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you don’t give me your crown, it will cost you much more!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Probably cost more than all the Slytherins’ brooms put together,” said Ron happily. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z An addict doesn’t work to supply his habit, which may cost anywhere from ten to fifty dollars a day. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly not by any that assessed the true costs of the total destruction wrought by such programs as the Sheldon spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I worked transferring books to computer discs, to cut down on storage space and replacement costs, they said. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And why, after two years of avoiding becoming a Dauntless leader at all costs, is he suddenly acting like one? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z There were no hidden costs or waste to be disposed of. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “I guess. I have five hundred and sixty-eight dollars in savings, so if the whole thing costs more than that, I’m going to have to get a second job.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Nixon knew there was no realistic military path to victory in Vietnam—not at a cost that would be acceptable to the American people. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was his first bill for the cost of turning Berkeley into the nation’s pioneering institution of Big Science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “And I didn’t mean for you to have to pay all this money for a lawyer either. I’ll bet he’s cost a lot, too.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Scientific progress and indeed progress of all kinds is often made at great cost, such as the sacrifice made by Henrietta Lacks. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “It cost four dollars to make the copies. I figured we’d split it.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z In the North, men said that it had cost anywhere between forty and a hundred thousand dollars for the United States Government to return Bums to his master. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z This will greatly reduce its cost and should encourage its more extensive use. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Weren’t those things the costs of war, too? Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “How will we find him? And what would it cost?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Miri had on new shoes that looked like they cost a bazillion dollars. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Private profit has corrupted incentives to improve public safety, reduce the costs of mass incarceration, and most significantly, promote rehabilitation of the incarcerated. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t mind telling you it cost a fortune. I found it in a dear little shop in the Village.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He kicked as hard as he could and sent Kamau reeling back, but it cost him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She drew careful diagrams and sent them off with a patent application, but she dropped the idea when she found out it would cost several thousand dollars to make the prototype. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In his view, archaeologists’ main function was to make white people feel good about themselves—an opinion that archaeologists have learned, to their cost, is not Denny’s alone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Every nation seems to have its set of forbidden possibilities, which its citizenry and adherents must not at any cost be permitted to think seriously about. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be many years before I would understand what leaving that day had cost him, and how little he had understood about where he was going. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The cost of operations to restore Cowie’s eyesight was eventually covered by the Carnegie Institution. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “What? No! I mean...I’d never ask you to do that. Not after what Nemesis said about the horrible cost. We barely know each other!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I could have cost us our lives on account of my carelessness. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z It turns out that the foreigners were so impressed with the performance, they decided to pay the entire cost of the school’s new science lab, even more than Principal Marcelo had hoped for. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But buses cost....Looking out for each other as best we can, the unspoken Brotherhood goes north. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z When they had them previews I coulda went to them, an’ spoke in the radio, an’ it wouldn’ta cost me a cent because I was in the pitcher. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She reckoned up what a braid and a pair of shoes had cost her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z One that must have cost him hundreds of dollars. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z But to do the policing job properly would cost money beyond any legislator’s courage to appropriate, given the present volume and toxicity of agricultural chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Hence, every time Bernabe wrote out a parking violation on that meter it cost him twenty cents in citation paper, ink, and his own valuable time to do so. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They cost too much; she read them at the paper stands when she had the time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Colonel Cathcart did not know if he owned the house or rented it, from whom he had acquired it or how much, if anything, it was costing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He was thinking hard, and I hoped he was calculating the cost of Sarah’s wardrobe and the price of gas. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Deposits were normally a few hundred dollars, and who knew how much medication would cost. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “How much did a dead Archduke cost in those days?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Elliot Head, on the previous night, had barely covered his costs. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The Dreamers accept this as the cost of doing business, accept our bodies as currency, because it is their tradition. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z If they cooperate with each other, each will receive what she wants, but at a fair cost. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In this system of control, like the one that prevailed during Jim Crow, one’s “debt to society” often reflects the cost of imprisonment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “My dad has always said that violence is something to avoid at all costs,” Albert tells us. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z "But not at the cost of our own freedom!" says Helmuth. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “How much would it cost to buy the land, Hadley?” asked Hermann Keufer, who had been a man of some means in his homeland of Germany until he had spoken out against the Kaiser. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z One day Kamen was summoned to the office of financial fuss- budget Don Cooksey, who instructed him to prepare a detailed requisition for equipment to perform chemical assays—and not to worry about the cost. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That means they go around looking at houses and work out how much they should cost and what work needs to be done on them and how much that work will cost. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Each thing in here costs more than my entire debt before Hideo erased it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He felt such an urge to be with him once more that he would arrange it at any cost—and immediately. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z When we got back to the hall, she announced, “Forty-two windows and a fireplace in every room. The windows must have cost a trunkful of gold KJs.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The real cost of the Nebraska trip, including airfare and fees for the festival, is about $1,500 per Truman student. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z But when they are not able to do so, and yet wish to do so at any cost, therein lie the error and the blame. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Like Peralta, they sign on to illusory schemes that cost hundreds of dollars but almost never pro-duce the promised green cards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The Catholic high school cost a lot, and Papa said nobody went to public school unless you wanted to turn out bad. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Bloom had been able to open his village as early as August 1892, well before Dedication Day, and within a month had covered his costs and begun reaping a generous profit. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Take the hat for four dollars. That’s what it cost me wholesale.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z To gain a foothold against the disease could cost hundreds of millions, they estimated. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z How far they went would depend on how much it cost. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have cost ten thousand dollars to kill him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “How much will it cost to fix the tooth?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He’d wear the cost of their peace the rest of his life. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Anything that impaired or deflected that central mission was to be avoided at all costs. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “You know, if we lived in Europe, college wouldn’t cost much.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Keep an eye on that fish. It cooks quickly. No bell rings when it’s done. “And don’t forget,” he added, “that they traded for that Gaming Machine. It probably came at a high cost.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z They must respond to violence with nonviolence; discipline must be maintained at all cost. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But as a result, the big Wall Street investment firms have had to sharply reduce the cost of their market research, all of which has to be paid for now by their brokerage departments alone. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The aspirin costs half my wages, which is frightening. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “We used to have it for the rest of us, but the cost was so high that we let it go...and we never imagined this.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z We all stood like statues as the newsman talked about Little Rock’s segregationists, who were determined to stop our children from entering white schools at any cost. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It had happened before, and it had cost a territorial governor his head a hundred years ago, and it had cost another governor his political career only twenty years ago. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “That song they sing,” said John, finally, “if it costs my life—is that the price?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Perhaps his pride was at stake—yet the cost of the repairs to the house was bound to be enormous! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Purses were often smaller than the cost of shoeing a horse—about $1.40. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of them are secondhand, all the classics for example, one volume in blue cloth boards cost one mark twenty pfennig. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It flew abnormally high, at great cost of fuel, to ensure a smoother flight. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If you wanted to go somewhere more interesting, you had to pay a teleportation fare to get there, and that cost money, something I didn’t have. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A visor and a pair of haptic gloves were included in the rental price, but a haptic suit cost extra. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Everyone is welcome to this prescription; it costs nothing and is definitely useful. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Kaz had warned them to anticipate competition, other teams bent on gaining the prize at any cost, but this was early in the job for things to be going so badly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Someone finally pointed out to him that the Piatigorskys would no longer continue to pick up his hotel costs, so, reluctantly, he flew back home to Brooklyn. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Filling the pool had cost $100,000, but it would have cost a lot more to fix it, and there was no money for that. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He needed someone to keep house and cook, and a servant cost money. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He could not finish; it was only now that Ron was here again that Harry fully realized how much his absence had cost them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “After what ye’ve given me to cover the cost of the wood ...” There was a cunning glimmer in the man’s eye. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A burger at Black Steer cost at least 20 rand. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It startled Ifemelu, how much a relaxer retouching cost at Aunty Uju’s hair salon; the haughty hairdressers sized up each customer, eyes swinging from head to shoes, to decide how much attention she was worth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A businessman learns the boy’s story and promises to underwrite part of the cost of his college education. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth is that it cost me my whole night and a headache that was so bad, it reminded me of the Queen in Alice in Wonderland always yelling, “Off with her head!” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He’s sure there must be some that cost less than $240 a week. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “My services don’t cost anything, Miranda. Some families don’t have the money to pay a dentist. Or they could really use the money for something else.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z As Compton observed, the demands of Big Science, including the staggering cost of the equipment, were already working changes in the academic world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Kamen was the most prominent victim of Lawrence’s increasing rigidity on security matters, for it cost him his job at the Rad Lab and almost his entire career. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Agriculture Department’s mass control program, on the other hand, cost about $3.50 per acre — the most expensive, the most damaging, and the least effective program of all. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We could probably get a printer to donate or work at cost, too.Then we sell ad space. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Try not to figure something that costs money,” said Lee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s not clear why, but it probably had to do with cost—the film was wildly over budget. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Aggravating the costs was Megan’s ongoing struggle with severe kidney stones. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “You cost me that place. You did. Speak!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He could only imagine what it had cost her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There is nothing wrong with using which to introduce a restrictive relative clause, as in The pair of shoes which cost five thousand dollars was hideous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “And, Lolly,” Tuttle said, “though we appreciate your offer to work off the cost of the Legos, that won’t be necessary either. Focus on your schoolwork instead.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Nice. How much a rig like that cost?” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, they’re nice, and it’s too bad, but like . . . Do you know how much real estate costs?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The writers forget that the few seconds they add to their own lives come at the cost of many minutes stolen from the lives of their readers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She asked the vendor how much the potatoes cost, but he did not hear her, I think he had a deaf ear. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I wonder how much it will cost to fix my screen. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It never took long to get rid of a valiseful for at least twice what it had cost. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When Sir Francis Drake first navigated through this perilous strait in 1578, it took him sixteen days and cost him four of his ships. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Broarwood would reimburse us the cost of the hearing aids, he said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I just won’t know what it will cost me until it's too late. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He told me to stop him at all costs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I’d have liked to go to school, but it cost too much, and I didn’t have the time. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "I can't believe it! I'll never go back to that jeweler. It cost me—Thank you. Thank you both, so much." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The research, which took place over four years and cost $300,000, entailed training 174 adult subjects to play a targeted video game. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Okay, so how much does a train or bus ticket cost?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Mankind’s chief hope of escaping the wrath of whatever divinities were then abroad lay in some magical rite, senseless but powerful, or in some offering made at the cost of pain and grief. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But the turn cost him speed and now the lake was above the nose. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have cost a good deal of Estraven’s money, that money I had loftily handed over to him in Mishnory. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The Moton school office put war stamps on sale, each purchase a small offset against the gargantuan cost of the military production. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z "The cost is never discussed at the outset," she told him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z And he said, ‘I’m glad you said yes, because it’s going to cost me a lot less to have you as my wife than as my saleslady.’ Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z "It's worth a king's ransom, this bottle. It cost me two large blue-white diamonds, a mechanical bluebird which sang, and a dragon's scale." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z One wrong word, an ill-considered look, an ill-timed laugh, any of them could provoke his lordship’s wroth and cost a man a strip of skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lunch here is supposed to be free, but it feels like it costs me a lot. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The paper cost fifteen cents, and I sold it myself, going from class to class and standing in the hallways, hawking it like a newsboy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But in the present, it cost Rusty Bernstein his bail. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I would very much like to know, how much drugs did you use for your fifty-three cases and how much did they cost?” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He even bought a ticket for her, so it didn’t cost her anything. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Our tech tools let us be “hyper social,” he says, which has many benefits, and also costs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I don't care if it costs my life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Many students came from working-class or poor families; Christine was one of the few at the school who did not receive assistance to cover the costs of tuition and board. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But for some reason, things cost a whole lot more when you’re poor. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They were hoping that the hyena would attack me and that somehow I would get rid of it and make the boat safe for them, no matter if it cost me my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They are getting these results, moreover, at a substantially lower cost. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Had he really needed the trucking business that cost him $4 million to move drilling rigs in and out of the oil field? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The way it worked was that he bought “super cows” that cost $17,000 apiece. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A regular CD in the store cost 100 to 150 rand. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “That couch cost me twenty-five bucks! Do you have twenty-five bucks? No. Because you’re nothing but a lazy moocher!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z "Car number three cost one hundred and eleven pounds and sold for nine hundred and ninety-nine pounds and fifty pence." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The process of breaking a man simply takes longer and costs more. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s going to be normal, whatever we have to do, whatever it costs.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “We could do that with your definitive leg if you want. It doesn’t cost anything extra. I just embed the cloth when I’m making the socket.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Dancing? Probably a waste of time. How much is it gonna cost me?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not, however, enough time to prevent the course of events, only to alter them; which the passengers and crew did bravely, even though it cost them all their lives. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Or it’s a commerce of imagined dreads, the Bethlehem housewives somehow convinced that a distant, black Communist devil will cost them some quarter in their color-matched living rooms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z You can bet it will cost more too. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Arguments from the opposition were far from over, but no one could say anymore that cost alone ruled out treating the disease in poor countries. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Much good sense was talked and the tone of the meeting was that of creatures who were determined to win at all costs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Dr. Strayer said that there was a long history of research into the concept of switching costs, the time it takes to refocus after moving from one mental task to the next. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z If it cost this much to take just one small island, invading the big islands of Japan would be too terrible to imagine. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to reach Tom- men, no matter the costs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If you make a mistake out on the sparring lawns, it costs you the match. But if you make a mistake in that jungle...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “There are chuckles in the Kremlin these days....What is needed most is enough law enforcement, whatever the cost, to put down any further rebellion.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Probably cost you about fifty bucks,” he said speculatively. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I meet Marcus’s eyes coolly, and he grins, like he knows how much the words cost. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In Paris it costs as much to rent a movie as it does to go to the theater. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In fact, since it was first installed at a cost of two hundred and thirty-six dollars to the Milagro exchequer, that parking meter had received only fourteen dimes, eight nickels, and eleven pennies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Delta Airlines told me a one-way ticket to Idlewild Airport would cost seventy-three dollars. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Rats and ruins. It is a niggard’s gift that costs the giver nothing. Your own man Yarwyck says it will be half a year before the castle can be made fit for habitation.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Tennessee’s governor, Albert H. Roberts, was up for reelection, and he knew that supporting suffrage would cost him votes in a tight election. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The trip had been a difficult one, and it cost him over seven thousand dollars: He had flown from Quito to Guatemala, then taken a boat to Acapulco. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss had been lucky enough to score a decent locker last year, though his mom wasn’t happy with the rental cost. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Tours start every hour on the hour, cost eleven dollars, and frankly aren't worth it,” she answered in a monotone. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z At all costs, stifle my natural hideous laughter. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z So there was cost in mind: “Why should you spend money on poor people?” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A pig's tail that was never allowed to be seen by any woman and that cost him his life when a butcher friend did him the favor of chopping it off with his cleaver. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z "You know—like a pavilion or a tent? That shouldn't cost too much, right?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A three years’ course with Air Service Training would have cost you over a thousand pounds. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Sending this boy to a local doctor would cost the county $60. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I wore a black shantung sheath that cost me forty dollars. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He worries that he’s using too much paint and that it will cost Theo too much money. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “And I thought it would cost more money. So I was going to sell him the brooch, to buy you one.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “People pay exorbitant sums for an expert massage. You will receive yours at no cost, merely in exchange for a service. How long would it take you to ascertain Stan’s location?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The cost was high for the asker—two of my rubies went to the coffers of the Fastness—but higher for the answerers. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It cost six dollars. 4TH JUROR: It’s against the law to buy or sell switchblade knives. 8TH JUROR: That’s right. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a basketball game tonight, costs ten cents. Can we go?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Please don't let this cost me the chance to find Quinton. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Then there are those beasts that, due to cleverness or innate shyness, avoid contact with Muggles at all costs—for instance, the unicorn, the Mooncalf and the centaur. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After subtracting out the cost of the food and ignoring the cost of the ruined sleeping bags and the lost tools, we made a grand total of four dollars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "You'll want to know how much this royal visit cost us." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But what I have sensed is an enormous frustration with the unexpected costs of knowing too much, of being inundated with information. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But she’s such a fantasist, as we know to our cost. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The first $1,100 phone bill taught him the hard way that he was mistaken: The dial-in number was a toll call, unless you subscribed to a $100 plan that capped the costs. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “But insulin shots and weekly blood-sugar testing and prescription food, it all costs a lot. And there’s no guarantee he’ll get better.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The membership cost was worth it just for this room. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z These items, their cost will be taken from my pay. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z They cost $20 to join for a whole summer of swimming, and I knew of no family that didn’t belong. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He was a vigorous man and needed the body of a woman, and that too cost money—unless you were married to it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He would point to the clearing, where “words could cost you a bullet in the head.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “We could take them only at great cost. The moment we attack one the others will rise against us.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “This image reminds me of the human costs of war and why no one has ever used nuclear weapons again. We’re done.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Must be a Wheelright & Carpenter product—they cost more, but look what good work they do. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z "Let that be a lesson, son. Plus, everything costs more over time." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “They weren’t worthless. The gray rug cost four hundred. The blue-and-white rug, four hundred. Her necklace was seventy-five. Her bracelet was two hundred. My cell phone was three hundred fifty.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z While the channeling of stimulus dollars to law enforcement may help some police officers keep their jobs at a time when state and local budgets are being slashed, there is a cost. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I tried not to think about the fact that shipping things like that across the ocean must cost a lot of money. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z If that’s what a house cost, she would pay the price. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The previous year, he had assumed command of construction of the Pentagon, then beleaguered by labor problems, material shortages, cost overruns, and miserable work conditions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “We should avoid talking at all costs. The vocal transformation component of the spell must’ve gotten messed up somehow,” said Seven sheepishly. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Offhand, I cannot think of any important human disease for which medicine possesses the outright capacity to prevent or cure where the cost of the technology is itself a major problem. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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