| 单词 | expensive |
| 例句 | One time, the salesman who was trying to sell Pap£ a car brought out an expensive Buick. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The decor was not expensive but it was well cared for—creamy white carpet on the floors, soft floral paper on the walls, thick, pleated curtains in the windows. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And she knew that the trains were offering discounted fares that weekend, so transportation would be less expensive for marchers who didn’t have much money. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I wish I hadn’t worn such an expensive- looking dress. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “You can’t go there for two reasons. It’s too expensive for out-of-state students and your father heard that it was a training ground for Communists when we were stationed at Cherry Point.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All the houses there were too big for two people, and way too expensive. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z This was a problem, not because of concern for animal welfare—which wasn’t the issue then that it is today—but because monkeys were expensive. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Instead they would have to buy ghee in the marketplace, where it was expensive and not fresh. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Erin’s house was huge and full of New England old-money furniture, understated but expensive. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Pumpkins become too expensive to carve on Halloween. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He walked and turned around for them to show off his fancy clothes and expensive beads. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z At Christmas, someone gave her an expensive bottle of blended essential oils. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Just as in their encounter with Native Americans, Europeans entering Africa enjoyed the triple advantage of guns and other technology, widespread literacy, and the political organization necessary to sustain expensive programs of exploration and conquest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He and the National Party conducted a sophisticated, expensive, American-style political campaign accompanied by extensive newspaper and television advertisements, bumper stickers, and colorful rallies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z All I knew was I had never held anything that expensive in my life. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The soap is insanely expensive, and everybody over the age of forty simply has to have it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But what kept coming out instead was “Do you like this color?” or “Is this one too expensive?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It's the most expensive calculator in W. H. Smiths. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z One is that the Crusades were very expensive. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 In the past, anyhow, the sight of animals, the scent of money deals with expensive stakes, had done much for him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The beads around her neck are small and expensive, glass coated with real gold paint, and her blouse shimmers with flowers of finely stitched gold and pink thread. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was considered “the most expensive, most beautiful, and largest high school in the nation” and an excellent educational facility and academically graduated a high percentage of students who went on to top universities. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It also explains why building is so expensive; the additional costs are passed along to customers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “She didn’t care that it was a little more expensive,” my mom told me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Beautiful combs and brushes were used to brush expensive oils into their glossy hair. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The suit looked expensive, and was the color of melted vanilla ice cream. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Miss Ohio pushed past Sinjin and came back brandishing a bottle of expensive rum. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Dad’s camera wasn’t just an expensive piece of equipment. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Alfonso wore snakeskin cowboy boots with heels that made him look taller than he really was, and an expensive leather hat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think I’ve ever worn anything this expensive. I’m scared to rip it.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “I used a steel tube with a butt weld down the length of it. We don’t have much of the seamless kind. Too expensive. We used what we had on your last rockets.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z One moment he was a handsome African man in an expensive silk suit. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "No, I don't like Paris. It's expensive and dirty." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z David’s parents have hired a big, nasty, expensive lawyer. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z With a fatalistic WHO setting the policy, Peruvian clinics didn’t provide expensive MDR medicines. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But the United States Pharmacopeia product was expensive, and bootleggers conceived the idea of making a substitute Jamaica ginger. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We hit a dress shop—way too expensive; a top shop—nothing cute there; then we find a place that sells only jeans. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The guide told Jamie that some people saved all their lives so that they could become mummies; it was indeed expensive. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr Hooper had bought the best, the most expensive seats, very close to the ring. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z At $3.99, it was the most expensive item on the menu. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But then I thought of the expensive T-shirts she had sent me, as well as the photos of her family’s cars, plural. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He was dressed like one of the rich kids Prosper had sometimes seen in expensive restaurants, sitting stiffly and eating with a knife and fork without spilling anything. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z "This was an expensive project, and the State Council grumbled about it all along. If they had a bulk payout for its value, they'd just keep it. We'd never get to build another one." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Ken’s father sold a lot of real estate and he could afford expensive stuff like that. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Sugar was considered a spice, though not the rarest and most expensive. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z There was a stack of promotional cards from the mall that still smelled like expensive per-fumes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The family ran up a bill at the traders, bought expensive salt pork. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It is not a plausible source of raw materials: the freightage from Mars to Earth would be too expensive for many centuries to come. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z According to an account recorded by a friend of Stanton’s, her father told her, “Your first lecture will be a very expensive one,” threatening to disinherit her if she went through with it. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z We could see the roofs of big, expensive houses peeking up over the landscaping. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think so, too. He certainly has no gift for scholarship. They should’ve apprenticed him to a painter when he was young instead of sending him to all those expensive schools for learning disabilities.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He smells like pine trees and fired tobacco, expensive soap the likes of which my family’s never known. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Difficult to stir in the tiny cup, and so expensive that he’d rather not think about it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A plane ticket was expensive, but she couldn’t bear the thought of waiting, even an extra few hours. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her father brings her everywhere while she is small, parading her like a well-loved small dog in expensive gowns, for his colleagues and acquaintances to fawn over in pubs after performances. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She brought me a new pair of expensive pajamas and a lovely silk gown more appropriate to a salon than a prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard him give my mother the phone with instructions to speak quickly because the call was expensive. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z It was quite expensive to live in grand hotels and travel about town in taxicabs. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s very expensive, Amina,” Mama added when she saw my disappointment. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Surveying this harvest of shirts and cigarette lighters, expensive machinery and cheap cufflinks, Perry felt elatedly tall— now Mexico, a new chance, a “really living” life. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing I was missing was my own CD writer, because it was the most expensive component. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In most big plants expensive machinery is used to remove or kill the bacteria on the meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “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 Even if he’d had the courage to get into a fight with a Squaller, it would be like brawling with an expensive vase. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Two years ago, Godiva introduced its most expensive line ever, “G,” handmade chocolates selling for $100 a pound. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z This is turning into an extraordinarily expensive joke, but I'm not very well going to return to the creepy magazine rack and look for a bargain. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “He was in late middle age. Fleshy and smooth-skinned. Silver-gray hair. Dressed in expensive clothes, and with traces of a heavy scent around him.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z His mom taught French at the prestigious and expensive Kalman School downtown, and his dad was a sociology professor at Northwestern University, just north of the city. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “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 He cradled the bottom of it with one hand, like a lady carrying an expensive purse. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Since long pieces of wood were both difficult to find and expensive, the scaffolding for the walls above the arcade did not reach to the ground. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z Uncle Antonio had a sick wife, who went to the doctors all the time and required expensive medicine. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Insofar as the poor have to work near the dwellings of the rich—as in the case of so many service and retail jobs—they are stuck with lengthy commutes or dauntingly expensive housing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Both of the repair shops in our village are too expensive,” Father said. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z A girl like me simply shouldn’t be touching these luxury linens, eating this expensive food, sleeping in this room larger than any home I’ve ever been in. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Because Hampden was so far north, and because the buildings were old and expensive to heat, the school was closed during January and February. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “It is a very expensive handkerchief that, and Americans, as all the world knows, do not care what they pay.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z We went past the Villas at Versailles, which, if anything, looked even more expensive. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Photos are very rare and quite expensive in Zimbabwe. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They came in ones and twos, sipped expensive tea and ate little almond tarts. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Why did Rana go to the trouble of calling just now? It’s so expensive. It doesn’t make sense.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It would be a long time before I told this story to someone in America and learned the reason why: the Kool-Aid was supposed to be mixed with sugar, and sugar was expensive. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I think there is status to having a house full of pretty things, to buying expensive paintings of seashells from her arty friends and spoons from Tiffany’s. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She had numerous health problems, which she addressed selectively, getting treated for back pain, ulcers, and so on, until the treatment became too expensive or inconvenient, or her insurance declined to pay. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Okay, so say you are pregnant, where are you going to get the money? I mean, I know it’s expensive.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But most pools are enclosed by something less expensive than leopard skins. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has--I'm not kidding. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Sir, I don’t think you understand. Hospital can be really expensive.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There isn’t as much food coming into the market, and what does come is expensive. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My hands were slick with sweat, and all I could do was pray that I didn’t drop this dead lady’s expensive casket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He goes shopping with her on Madison Avenue at stores they must be buzzed into, for cashmere cardigans and outrageously expensive English colognes that Maxine buys without deliberation or guilt. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The gifts that had been donated to The Children’s Home were lavish and expensive, and we had been warned not to expect as much after we were adopted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Felix Googled expensive dog stuff and found puppy perfume that cost three thousand dollars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z You have really changed my life through giving me clothes and other nice, expensive gifts. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Too expensive, she claimed, knowing they would never ask her about school if she didn’t bring it up, and they didn’t. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z No more small markets; they were more expensive. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor can I. I've never been asked to find any, but it's got to be outrageously expensive. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t she care at all if folks talk? Hadn’t she done enough already, without acceptin’ an expensive gift like that from a man with a reputation so bad it rides ahead of him?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z These homes are never cheap and often are quite expensive and lavish. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad wore a sport coat and tie, and he was icing down some expensive wine when the doorbell rang. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever they could, people used the spices that were so popular, they became an expensive necessity: pepper, ginger, sugar, sometimes saffron. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The team came from one of the Atlanta area’s most expensive soccer academies, the Concorde Football Club, in the upscale suburb of Alpharetta. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Besides, the imported chiles and guajillo were expensive, and already we were living on so little. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z In virtual reality, Asher looks like a standing avatar; in real life, he is paralyzed from the waist down and sits in what must be the world’s most expensive wheelchair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Max is moving in tomorrow. Officially,” she says casually, feeding fresh coffee grinds into her expensive machine. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He wears an expensive slouch hat and stands a few inches over six feet tall. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She rubs the sheet between her fingers as if it were an expensive piece of silk. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He also noticed that Dasch was all dressed up in expensive clothes. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z But what you probably don’t know is that little Jeffrey’s disease, leukemia, is tremendously expensive. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon thereafter Sandy began her expensive, widely trumpeted campaign to become the first American woman to climb the Seven Summits. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In it was an expensive, dark blue suit, conservatively cut. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Though they are wildly expensive, more so than anything else she’s ever bought in America, Ashoke says nothing when he sees the bill. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As he leaves, I resolve that, if and when I get out of here, I’m going to buy him an expensive silk tie covered with brightly colored birds. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I turn and look at her: a well-cut silver-gray suit, pearls, a suave scarf, expensive suede shoes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Whenever we found any place that was just the teeniest step above horrid, Leah felt it was too expensive. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t say my mom wouldn’t drive me ’cause gas is expensive. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The White Mountain hotels were a little too dull, a little too remote and expensive, for modern tastes. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I looked for hypnotherapists in Ashbury, but didn’t take it any further—it’s expensive and it’s unclear whether it actually helps with memory recovery. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “On their thirteenth birthday their father gave Stuart an expensive watch, a carpentry set and a bicycle.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I could feel the cool air as I walked by the entrances of the more expensive cinemas, but here I was in the middle of it. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was an ordinary-looking house, more expensive than some, but typical of Philadelphia: brick front, windows trimmed in white paint, metal railings, and a thick oaken door. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The zirconia studs weren’t expensive, but they were a birthday gift from Mamá, so I didn’t want to lose them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I wonder if this Promenade is expensive or if we'd both be out of place, but Warren seems like he can handle being anywhere, even with his diamond studs and sneakers. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Thanks to the fine taxpayers of America, I have over 100 square meters of the most expensive solar paneling ever made. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The other flats she liked were too expensive. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The man who sold it to her said that the less expensive ones with bogus numbers wouldn’t get past background checks and college applications. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It was the largest and most expensive war game thus far in history. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The flowing draperies, expensive carpets, and hand-carved furniture that surely belonged here had been removed. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s an expensive clan to run with; outfits must be coordinated, crisp, and seasonally appropriate. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z A middle-aged lady with a pointy nose and expensive trench coat scowls at me when I enter the lobby, like I don't belong there, like my existence offends her sensibilities or something. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A lot of it was too expensive, or her father just said no. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Helen had included a good paper napkin too, the expensive kind they used for company, and one of their only two pairs of real ivory chopsticks, which Helen had brought with her from China. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fast horse,” Leo said, “and expensive to feed.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Watras lent me a pair of really expensive bongos to use at home, along with a huge stack of ancient Latin jazz records. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a tall, confident man in his forties who walked the streets wearing expensive suits and alligator shoes but was never mugged. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z There isn’t so much of a line here: meat is expensive, and even the Commanders don’t have it every day. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah! Monsieur, it is a lady’s handkerchief, that. A very expensive handkerchief. Embroidered by hand. It comes from Paris, I should say.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s very expensive to go to New York. Besides, we’re so happy to have you. You’ve never been to visit us,” she said, as if it were my fault. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Like a glow was coming from all kinds of silk and suede, and funny names that none of us could pronounce, so we knew it was expensive stuff. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The medicine to cure dysentery had been expensive, but it had done the job. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He used to take gymnastic classes until they got to be too expensive, and I think he secretly wanted to be a personal trainer. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z An expensive gold watch hung loosely on his wrist. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I don't know much yet about different kinds of weapons, but it's a bit like looking at an expensive car. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I knew you had one of those crazy expensive Scandinavian skin care regimens. Do you have that, like, eye cream with diamonds in it?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Scotch is very expensive, and these people here are very poor.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It tasted delicate and floral, like one of those expensive rose-flavored cakes her mom brought back from her Paris trips. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The sandals, the headcloths of fine linen—several of them—yes, and for some time Gebu had reeked of expensive ointments as well as barley beer. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Maybe next year. Aunt Louise doesn’t have enough room for all five of us, and hotels are expensive.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z 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 I could tell right away something must be wrong, because Buddy was the only person I knew in Boston, and he never called me long distance because it was so much more expensive than letters. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 And now, the good doctor and his wife had invited the whole family out to an expensive restaurant in the city as a treat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The gym was older than the one at Hillpark; I’d expected it to be newer, remodeled, like East Shoal’s disgustingly expensive football stadium. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Nina loved luxury and this was expensive—roses and something else, something his pauper’s nose didn’t recognize. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I don't know, Kiko. We googled it, okay? It was too expensive.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Bartok plays on the stereo, expensive components scattered on the floor. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The reporter said that New London had built the most expensive rural school in the world. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he looked at the mirror again and decided it might be expensive. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z His clothes were expensive, but his enormous belly strained against the buttons of his shirt. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It is five stories of expensive clothes on Canal Street in New Orleans, clothes that could never be found in Jackson. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “The fact remains that this was an expensive piece of machinery. Why would someone living in a tiny cabin with a dirt floor own a crossbow worth ten talents?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Glass was expensive, and large sheets of it were prodigal of heat in these fierce latitudes; so to see them here was evidence of wealth and influence far greater than Iofur Raknison’s vulgar palace. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He wrote to Olmsted’s landscape superintendent, Rudolf Ulrich, “it seems to me you can now cut your force down one-half, and at the same time let very many expensive men go.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Fortunately, engines of the kind we needed were now available, but they were expensive. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Quarantine and massive chemical campaigns are only extremely expensive ways of buying time. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But our response to crime remains a blunt and expensive instrument that more often seems to scar the criminal than reform him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe there was still frost on the metal foil around the expensive lemon ice cream. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The problem was that the ball was expensive. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The suitcases, I should tell you, were a set from one of those expensive fashion stores that Oklahoma rich people drive to Dallas to shop at. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The capsule’s signal bounced from one tracking station to the next as the orbit proceeded, like a very fast and expensive game of telephone, constantly communicating its position and status. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z After the broken phone and Dad’s expensive plane ticket, I didn’t want to make things worse for Mom and Dad. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I figured he’d choose the big ones—like her secretly saving up for three years in a row to buy him that expensive plane saw he was coveting over at Sears. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z There were oil paintings and an ancient piano and expensive china cups. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s crazy to say a bag of potato chips is too expensive. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z 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 “That class was expensive, Mom. You didn’t have to get me anything else.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I should have asked for something less expensive; something we could afford. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z No, it’s not a fancy brand-name dress from some expensive boutique, but the fact that my cousin’s making it means it’s special to me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z These nonrelativistic starships, enormously expensive as they would be, look relatively easy to design and build and use compared to starships that travel close to the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hear Japan is expensive. Let’s go there.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I wore clothes far better and more expensive than what was sold in the store. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His shirt rippled over his torso in smooth, expensive rolls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hiring city guards to do your killing? I’d say that’s an expensive proposition for a gang like the Black Tips. I’m not sure I believe your coffers could support it.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Laurie had to have a quart of fresh milk every day and the milk modifier was expensive. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Beatriz’s mom owns several bodegas, so she has the money to buy the most expensive fabrics in Puerto Rico and dress her up all nice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z As Anh had nervously inspected the windows to establish the best source of light, he’d mounted her expensive, brand-new Nikon to the tripod and positioned it on the edge of the parquet floor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Prom was expensive, and he'd have to ask his mom if he could have the money. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z "Your mother took the expensive ones with her to India, Anu. But if you want, you girls can choose one or two for yourselves." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Computers up to that point had been the massive, expensive mainframes of the sort sitting in the white expanse of the Michigan Computer Center. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I don't know much yet about different kinds of weapons, but it's a bit like looking at an expensive car. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Louis the Eleventh, another of the fictional kings, had kept obnoxious bishops in rather expensive cages. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z My father no longer wore silk scarves or expensive wool suits. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I haven’t decided yet. Someplace I can afford for nursing. College is expensive, and some of us can’t rely on our parents.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The look on Dill’s face said that even that was expensive, but they’d have to manage. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It soon grew, thanks to Harvey's stubborn determination, into the largest and most expensive espionage operation ever launched by the CIA. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She needed new ones, but, like so many things in her life, new shoes were expensive and would have to wait. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I used to wear my father's clothes but your love has made me a real teenager in modern expensive clothes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The truck was expensive to maintain, bandits tried to mug him a few times, and he didn’t have the heart to say no to men who bought on credit then never paid him back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z We were in an overscaled, Architectural Digest sort of room, big and loft-like, with skylights and a fieldstone fireplace, chairs upholstered in white leather, kidney-shaped coffee table—modern, expensive, Italian stuff. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m paying for those. Man, are they expensive.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The walls were draped in velvet, so Percy felt like he was inside the world’s most expensive camping tent. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z How could they have such an expensive place, I wondered. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In Maria’s time, the best blue paint powder was made from ground lapis lazuli, a semiprecious stone, which produced a beautiful clear blue but was also very expensive. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “How kind of you to worry. A governess would be much more expensive. And I haven’t the time to interview governesses. In two days, you shall go to finishing school with Dame Olga’s daughters.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Cadres of expensive professionals—lawyers, accountants, computer gurus, helpline responders—drain vast sums of money from the economy to clarify poorly drafted text. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Instead of cheaply stringing dragonflies by the tail, we could fly expensive kites, the sky splendid in Chinese colors, distracting ghost eyes while the new people sneak in. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother wears expensive high heels all day while she works, even though she works at home. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The bag was covered with four beaver-skins’ worth of white beads—they were expensive! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Particle physics, in short, is a hugely expensive enterprise–but it is a productive one. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z What amazing things you could have for breakfast in an expensive hotel...but she didn't feel like waffles with fresh strawberries anymore. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Don’t smash anything too expensive. I told Alex we weren’t committing any felonies.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Bandages and ointments, vitamins and creams—anything that was too expensive or hard to find. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “If you knock over another expensive cake,” says an extremely familiar whiskey-warm drawl, “I’m pretty sure your mom is gonna disinherit you.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I own a well-used library card and not much else, though it is true I live in a grand house full of expensive, useless objects. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He wore a plum-colored dashiki Koffi knew at once was expensive despite its subtlety, and he exuded the air of someone senior and refined. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z We sauntered through all the big department stores, touching expensive things without the white clerks giving us a second look. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t touch me! This is your fault! Do you know how expensive it is to raise an ungrateful brat?!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They shoved the five most expensive ones into Benji’s Hermes handbag. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Since sugar had to pass through many hands before it reached the fairs, it was expensive and hard to get. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Several of the outfits, Ignatius noticed, were new enough and expensive enough to be properly considered offenses against taste and decency. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This sounds reasonable, but in most cases it’s simply impossible or, what amounts to the same thing, prohibitively expensive. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The Big Car Family had four expensive cars sitting in their driveway. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s true we spend almost nothing, but Mama’s medicines are expensive.’ The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What I should drive, he told me, is a Mercury Mystique because they drive like a much more expensive European sedan. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was barred from taking a train or car and had to fly, making the trip much more expensive. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He slumped on the expensive settee again, listening to it creak as he fell back into it. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “We almost sent Kiko to an art school when she was little, but it was so expensive.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Reviews praised “the great passion for investigation and tireless diligence of this woman,” and wealthy collectors immediately snapped up the more expensive copies, which had been hand-colored in Maria’s workshop. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “It's like a room in an expensive hotel. No, much better.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But the sad truth was that we couldn’t afford the more expensive wide casket. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Like everything else she owned, it appeared insanely expensive. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I’m sitting in the leather armchair that we bought from Heal’s just after we got married—it was the first piece of furniture we got as a married couple: soft tan buttery leather, expensive, luxurious. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He used beautiful, much too expensive Milanese notebooks and wrote with a fountain pen filled with emerald ink. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And even when I was lucky enough to find one online, it was often from overseas and expensive. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “My mom always put a ham hock in everything. The bone flavors the broth, and you don’t have to put in as much meat. Meat’s expensive.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood for the longest kind of time, staring from one to the other of the expensive tombstones for live men. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Fresh meat was expensive and had to be saved for special occasions. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z My mother’s company offered bursaries, scholarships, for underprivileged families, and she managed to get me into Maryvale College, an expensive private Catholic school. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A summer visitor enters a hardware store in Maine and buys a large number of expensive items. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sorry when the magazine became too expensive and he had to give it up. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Samuel and his boys brought in a well at forty feet and put down the newfangled expensive metal casing, for Adam wanted the best. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Life was good at the Second Chance Ranch, but it also had to be expensive. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They are holding hands, and everything about them looks expensive. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It turned out that pregnancy tests were expensive. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z School was already expensive enough, so the uniform, he'd have to grow into. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Being limited in materials, due to shortages and rationing, she used a gorgeous sunset-colored wool that she had unraveled from a suit tailored for her by Ormaie’s most expensive modiste in 1912. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Boom. We’re all finished. And we still have”—he consulted his watch, a Gucci; she remembered reading once that when they were that expensive, they were timepieces, not watches—“seventeen minutes to go.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z There was an expensive legal battle between Halley and his stepmother over the estate. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Six of them in all—white kids with expensive clothes and mean faces. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “You live in a mansion in a gated community and go to an expensive private school. What are the chances that we would ever have met?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was a glorious day; I was sick of being poor, so, before I thought better of it, I went into an expensive men’s shop on the square and bought a couple of shirts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Uhmma touches my cheek with her cat-tongue fingers and says, Your Apa thought you were too young to have such an expensive hairstyle, but I told him you were old enough now. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Arriving there, she staged hit-and-run raids on three of the saloons, tossing billiard balls into huge, expensive mirrors and plate glass windows. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Wow, he thought I just sold the most expensive cup of lemonade in town. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The feeds were newer then, and they were more expensive. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Connor takes me to a coffee shop bustling with hipsters and their expensive computers and gadgets. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z This neighborhood isn’t as expensive as the one where Cassie and me grew up, but it tries harder. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z "It is not expensive, if that is what you mean." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I noted to Tex that we always had crowds around our displays, more than most of the big, expensive projects. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Why not spend a decade or so exploiting nature’s gifts before building an expensive machine to generate the same energies? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “This one's got ice cream too. Lemon ice cream, which is expensive. So pay attention.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He looked like he’d just had a bath and a shave, and he was wearing an expensive black suit. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Inmates who ask for protection but fail to get it can make expensive claims. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He listens to Nina Simone and Otis Redding, likes expensive whiskey. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 it wasn’t Holly’s fault that she had always known she could walk into a store and ask for expensive sneakers and get them. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “And isn’t it kind of expensive, carting all this tin across the world to Ethiopia?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When it’s actually time to eat, we sit in the white-and-gold dining room with the natural-wool carpet, the most expensive money can buy. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He knew they were more expensive, too, that people paid almost $10,000 more in legal fees for babies who were white, so he knew that these girls’ adoptive parents had some money. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z At ten, Monique had begun poring over a mail-order doll catalog as if it were a book—expensive dolls, with names and stories and historical outfits, absurdly detailed and even more absurdly expensive. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he vomits all over the expensive carpet and falls in the mess. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She wore a very expensive strapless gown and a huge orchid corsage. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I assumed he went to a private school, which is expensive in America. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z So I ended up suckling greedy Leah at my breast and giving Adah the expensive bottles, both at the same time; with twins you learn how to do everything backhanded. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to peek at those expensive silk underpants I bought for my sweet little Mary Anne,” he teased. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing this big, this daring, or this expensive had ever been attempted by a spy service. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Not very expensive ones, as a rule, and not so lavishly as on this occasion; but it was not a bad system. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Do you have any idea how expensive it is?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They'd booked four rooms at the most expensive hotel they could get on short notice. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Matt was too old for such things, but he knew the car had been very expensive and therefore that El Patron loved him very much. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z How much does a house as gorgeous as this cost in a city as expensive as Tokyo? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But now, in 1838, it was more expensive to send a letter outside of London, though that didn’t matter to Emma or even to frugal Charles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With customers able to instantaneously find the cheapest policy, the more expensive companies had no choice but to lower their prices. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Production engineering, Gow reflected, “is a very expensive game and none of us, including Ernest, had the faintest notion what it meant.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z So Texas now boasts the most expensive hole in the universe. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Kids are expensive, Mom says. And Uncle Greg is pretty broke.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “My mom and dad would kill me if they found me on my phone this late. Also, minutes are expensive.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “And he has expensive tastes. That is unfortunate.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “A really stupid and expensive wedding gift. But it was still a gift.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The men were dressed in expensive dashikis, and the women wore long classical Ethiopian gowns. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Madam,” said Lucius Clarke, “could you please attend to your daughter. She is holding a very fragile, very precious, quite expensive doll.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z If the orbs were ten percent more expensive, they would be out of their reach. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He’s said, often enough, that artists can’t live like other people, tied down to demanding families and expensive material possessions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Leave my soft, worn hunting boots for a pair of expensive machine-made shoes that my mother thinks are more appropriate for someone of my status. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Dad can afford expensive'?” I said, and she glared at me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Desperate to learn more, the CIA turned to one of the most expensive pieces of equipment they had ever built. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s the most expensive thing we have, because our TV is a hand-me-down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As he began talking, he read his audience a quotation from WHO: “MDR is too expensive to treat in poor countries; it detracts attention and resources from treating drug-susceptible disease.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Today, he wore his usual attire, the uniform of a fool: very expensive clothing worn entirely incorrectly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It is enough for food but not for school clothes, fees, notebooks, or pencils, which are expensive in Honduras. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He was tall and fleshy, his expensive clothes only partially hiding his bulk. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z TB experts had declared MDR treatment inordinately expensive, but no one had tried to reduce the main expense, which was high-priced drugs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z By 1763, some 160 distilleries in New England alone were kept busy producing rum, and by the 1820s, there was so much liquor available in the region that it was less expensive than tea. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Her name was now Sally Gustafson and she lived in a pleasant blue house on the less expensive side of the lake road. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z New York was expensive and we could not stop laughing at the cost. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Business” has been her code word for drug dealing since I was seven years old and asked her how she made enough money to buy expensive sneakers. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She didn't have the time or the money to give me such a party, because the classes and books were so expensive. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I had a phone, but a plan with unlimited data was too expensive for my family. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Although it would be fairly expensive, such a mission is probably within our technological capability. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At best, they do good by providing expensive services impossible to contract for on an individual basis. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, there are other less expensive but still highly reliable methods of making human beings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had eyes like a pit bull, and shaggy black hair, and he always dressed in expensive but sloppy clothes, like he wanted everybody to see how litde he cared about his family’s money. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A letter arrived in September, on thick, expensive paper, the address decked out in curlicues. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The walls were lined with racks of rifles—very expensive rifles—and Jesper assumed the boxes on the shelves were filled with ammunition. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When he received a silver parachute with a trident—which may be the most expensive gift I’ve ever seen given in the arena—it was all over. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “He probably tryin’ to buy that expensive phone,” says an old guy waiting for a cut. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z When, after much solemn consideration, I settled on a backpack—a very expensive Gregory, top-of-the-range, no-point-in-stinting-here sort of thing—he said, “Now what kind of straps do you want with that?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In 1905, motor vehicles were still expensive, unreliable toys for the rich. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “More to the point,” said the tallest of the group—the one with the most expensive frock coat, the most expensive top hat, and the most expensive shiny shoes—“one less colored on Malaga Island.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes we go swimming in rivers since we only have one public pool, which is very expensive to use. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We go out to buy new, expensive running shoes and better socks. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When he was younger, Toby had coveted the expensive basketball shoes everybody else wore. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “It’s expensive, I know. No worries,” she says, touching me on the shoulder. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They are hard to come by, expensive, and always in demand. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Your grandfather bought the most expensive insurance policy. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “The iniquitously expensive and secretive British secondary school my sister and I attended. My father thought we were too young to be sent abroad, but he was determined that we be as European as possible.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The deep-pile carpets, the expensive genuine wood desks, reminded him that garbage collecting and trash disposal had, since the war, become one of Earth’s important industries. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z So expensive, in fact, that Max had to check his bank balance on his phone while they stood in line, just to make sure that he had enough in his account. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Okay, wise guy. Calm your shorts. Anyway, you know how expensive those things are, right? And how they work?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Should farmland in South America be used to grow expensive food for well-off North Americans? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The sounds of expensive leather soles on the cracked front steps of the old house on Westover don’t sound any stranger than his own boots. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Ah, yes. The notorious Mr. Huxley. He’s the one who tore down a senior citizen housing complex to build a shiny mall full of ridiculously expensive shops.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z To say the doctor pushed for expensive tests was like calling him a thief. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “A very expensive game,” Mr. McDowell replied, and it was obvious that he did not approve. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Mirrors must have been expensive in the old days, so they made up that story to scare us.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She liked a more expensive house in another part of the countryside and wished that Dr. Darwin would give them more money so they could buy a nicer one. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Gey’s air freight shipping system worked fine for sending a few cells to colleagues here and there, but it was too expensive for shipping on a massive scale. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The problem was glaring, expensive, inefficient, and stressful for everyone involved. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then farmers use artificial fertilizer, which at best is expensive, and at worst may inflict longterm damage on the soil. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The food was elegant and expensive, and the aisles were overflowing with great streams of flushed and merry proprietors, all stout and balding. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z When he was finally chased out of Athens in 307, Demetrius was a man of expensive tastes, few friends, and no patron. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Unpopular with the majority of Americans, it had proved too expensive to enforce. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In this way, anything that happens can more easily be attributed to your wonderful and probably expensive intervention. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 According to our minister, Mr. Cornelius Barker, presents were a pointless, expensive, pagan diversion. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Dimple would say one thing for these ridiculously expensive places: The service was impeccable. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Even I knew I would be no ornament to this elegant and expensive pleasure dome. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Like she was taking a nap before dinner at an expensive restaurant in Manhattan. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I tried to convince my parents that I needed an expensive dress—two hundred dollars—to wear to the event. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Two weeks later, I wheeled Gus across the art park toward Funky Bones with one entire bottle of very expensive champagne and my oxygen tank in his lap. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She opened her purse and took out a cigarette, lit it with an expensive silver lighter, put the lighter away. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He was a little disappointed that the car was not so expensive as he had hoped, but what it lacked in price was more than made up for in color and style. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A very small expensive black toque was hideously unbecoming to the yellow, toad-like face beneath it. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I was never the one paying for the room, but still, I resent being made to feel guilty for requesting a service an expensive hotel is generally expected to perform. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I’m sorry—for you—because it’s more expensive this way. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He’d left his most expensive fishing rod there, and he wanted to bring it home. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z She could see that his hair was neatly cut and he was wearing an expensive new tan suit and a flashy new wristwatch. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z On some occasions, the team would stop at a fairly expensive restaurant and he’d announce to everyone, “Order anything on the menu you want, but no alcohol.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “He spoke it well enough to order the most expensive thing on the menu every time we went to a restaurant,” said Henry curtly, and I thought it wise to change the subject and did. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His plane wasn’t equipped with radar, which at that time was too bulky and expensive to fit in any aircraft, so he’d relied on the searchlights to locate the doomed planes that were his targets. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z These are the kinds of places where people buy gold watches and real paintings and jewelry and expensive clothes. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z On Sunday evening, Kate and Decca and I drive to my dad’s new house in the more expensive part of town for Weekly Obligatory Family Dinner. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She told Mister Lochana that she wouldn’t be using his services anymore, but we ended up on his speedboat again the next week because the ferry to Saint Thomas was too expensive. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It got used up on housing, I tell him, which was more expensive than I’d expected. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But because oil paint is expensive, he continues to use other media: he draws with charcoal and a carpenters pencil. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Americans have loaded up on expensive toys largely by borrowing and charging. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z "I don't know. I never wanted to go. Too expensive. You can see all the South Americans you want in Paris anyway." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z There were even a few presents for Matt—small, loving tributes from Celia and Maria, something useful from Tam Lin, and a large, expensive gift from El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents were upstairs going in mal, which they wouldn’t want me to know, but which I could tell, because they chose a really flashy, expensive malfunction site that was easy to trace. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Wet dirt, filled chamber pots, birch tar used to treat expensive Russian leather, scorched hair, sea brine. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was not that she would expect something expensive; it was that he needed to give her something as much as he needed to eat when he was hungry. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The Abbouds began looking for a house near Jerusalem and everything was either too big, too expensive, too little, too crumbling, too noisy, or too strange. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It was the most expensive high school in the city and one of the most selective. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Not all the expensive clothes in the three suitcases in the trunk. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “We can’t take Styx in. It’s a huge responsibility, and very expensive to add another child to the household.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Inside the expensive black folds were resurrection and life. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z But nothing too expensive, because that made people jealous. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z My parents said they couldn’t afford a piano, but this is a thrift store, so it can’t be that expensive. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He told me that if I’d be his girlfriend, he would always protect me and make sure nothing bad ever happened to me and buy me expensive presents. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was powerful expensive to ride on the ferry, but if didn’t nothing else happen on this whole trip, I had one thing I’d be remembering and smiling o’er for the rest of my life. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She probably wore expensive stuff like this all the time, being from the Hill and all. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The Christmas season was Santa Claus for us; people had expensive presents lying all over their houses. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The trend line pointed to a future of intense and expensive competition among academic institutions to be first with high-priced research apparatus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Chickens are too expensive, but I could make do with a wild turkey. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Matt thought the moon rocks looked like something you could find anywhere in the Ajo Mountains, but they came with a certificate and were very expensive. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama rifles through it and objects to a couple of T-shirts that are too expensive, or too ugly, and we head to the checkout. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Ultrasonics had promising potential for physics, chemistry, and biology, ranging from the detection of underwater objects to the removal of diseased tissue, but the research required hugely expensive equipment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Worried by the plans to use his company’s equipment in the execution of Kemmler, Westinghouse apparently underwrote an expensive legal appeal of Kemmler’s conviction, which went all the way to the U.S. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the years, Dasch held various waiter jobs, working at very expensive restaurants and luxury resorts in New York City and Long Island. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Her voice softens as she adds, “Plus it’s expensive. Mom’s a hairdresser. Dad’s a mechanic. Not like we have great insurance or anything.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She bought false eyelashes, foundation, liner, blush, powder, brushes, three different lipsticks, two shadows, and a small but expensive makeup box. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Congolese girls, with bleached orange hair and a crude phrase or two of English, and the straps of expensive American bras sliding down their shoulders from under skimpy blouses. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He, who had paid to straighten their teeth and smooth the accent out of their English in expensive schools, he was nothing to them now. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He had never heard it called Texas roping before; he knew it as steer roping, because they used old stringy Mexican steers rather than more expensive cows or calves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “A brand-new blue mountain bike, too expensive to replace, unfortunately. The police thought teenagers from your neighborhood might have taken it. Apparently theft is a problem on the farm.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Further soiled by me drinking all his free drinks, like a stupid freeloader, not even tipping him for all the expensive cherries he keeps throwing on top. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He eats fries as if they’re the most expensive thing in the world. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I was afraid they would be expensive, but they’re mostly under thirty dollars. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The jackknife she picked out of a glass-fronted case was the most expensive thing she bought. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Each item was so expensive Jule put her hand over her mouth involuntarily when she looked at the packing sheet. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Newsies have filled their papers, tattlers, and scandal sheets with Alfred's exploits—gambling losses and several marriages and expensive tastes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The Marshalls have been active about the courts since the late forties, defending their good names with a most expensive ferocity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Of course these people would have a security camera at their front door, and probably an expensive alarm system too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “The cycle of life is expensive,” my mom said, staring at the bill. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Why not live in a smaller, generic town house in a less expensive part of south San Jose that was twenty minutes farther from all my friends, my job, and my high school? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He was a poet, or a college president, or a movie star; he drank expensive whisky, and he smoked Lucky Strike cigarettes in the green package. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “The Greenbrier. The Greenbrier in West Virginia. It’s very fancy and expensive.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He used his remaining funds to buy two expensive suits, on the theory that whatever he did next, he had to look convincing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He said he'd look into it, but it's probably too expensive. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I see myself covered in expensive jewels, a shimmering moonstone crown atop my head. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z How could they have such an expensive place, I wondered. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s silver, sleek, and looks incredibly expensive, which means there’s a chance this car is loaded with water, just as the blond kid said. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Unlike me, they brought their own boots from home, and they all look so cool—and crazy expensive. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I knew I was smart enough to go, but I also knew it was impossibly expensive, way more than secondary school, which my parents could barely afford for me or my siblings. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It was very expensive originally, but had been worn by a model in a fashion show, so I got it very cheap, indeed. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I had read that paper in this time was expensive, and I had seen that Weylin had never had very much of it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s take Speedy’s case. Speedy is one of the latest models, extremely specialized, and as expensive as a battleship. It’s not a thing to be lightly destroyed.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z We were supposed to write three paragraphs answering the questions: What is the author trying to say by describing the expensive dinners in such detail? Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The oils were much more expensive than the tinctures; it was devastating when she had to throw out a batch because she couldn’t remember whether she’d added the spruce. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All the houses in the neighborhood used to be expensive, but now they’re all covered with a layer of black soot. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z One afternoon Yolanda broke two of her fancy, painted, expensive nails and cursed out loud for ten minutes. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Fairfax County—beautiful neighborhoods, lakes, golf courses, expensive homes, good schools, and Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There they all were now, the cream of the school, the lights and leaders of the senior class, with their high I.Q.’s and expensive shoes, as Brinker had said, pasting each other with snowballs. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the fish are expensive to maintain, Ti Jean looks upon the pond approvingly because he knows it makes Farmer happy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The wood is expensive and it’s difficult to work with. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In his immaculate and expensive black suit with gold signet ring and brightly polished black shoes, he looked like a scaled-down model of a multimillionaire businessman. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He also had three state titles and—thanks to an expensive club team Luke couldn’t afford—a shiny new junior national championship. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The trick to looking rich, he told me, is to have one expensive item, and for the rest of the things you get basic, good-looking quality stuff. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Those machines, like a lot of things required by the USDA, are way too expensive for a small, local meat processor. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Eyeglasses and other ground lenses, while expensive, were readily available. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And the Truman students who enroll at more expensive colleges—even solid but not exclusive institutions like Temple University in Philadelphia—often must take out tens of thousands of dollars in loans. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a fluke that they even had a cello; they’re very expensive and fragile. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing in it but a small expensive dog leash made of leather and braided silver. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Their client, Christian Brothers, wanted to know why, after years of being the dominant brand in the category, it was losing market share to E & J. Their brandy wasn’t more expensive. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was printed on expensive stationery, the kind you buy if you want to be impressive. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Skilled and expensive short-order cooks were no longer necessary. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z I can tell by the soft, light silk and gold-threaded embroidery that it's an expensive one. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The women wore thick fur coats and expensive jewelry. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “What does Father think? It sounds expensive, a new gown and all every time.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But then I realized I didn’t have the money to pay for such an expensive call. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Like most of his peers, he sought funding from corporate sponsors to pay for his expensive Himalayan expeditions. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z That would take days and require a lot of expensive spell components, and even then there was no guarantee the spells would tell me anything. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I’ve been dying to go, but with our whole family, it’s too expensive even with our Florida resident pass, so I ask him about it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “No. It’s too expensive. We’ll buy it when Scipio brings us the new loot,” Hornet answered. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Newton, as President of the Society, dismissed the whole project as far too expensive. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Books were expensive; every one of them was copied by hand. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It will be terribly expensive, so he pays half in advance. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “This must have been expensive,” Papá said, running his hands across the wood. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Then I crawled in and lay there for quite a long time trying out for size the expensive, confined, strangely new-smelling, entirely novel space that was soon to be my home away from home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Close to six feet tall—okay, five ten and a half—with good, straight teeth thanks to some expensive dental work. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z These elite colleges are so expensive that even many high-income students receive large grants. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The bill must have been super expensive because the judge gave my father five whole years to pay it off. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z As so often happens in science, their discoveries only whet the appetite for more research, which in turn created a demand for bigger, more expensive accelerators. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He looked at the floor, the center of which was covered in a very expensive, very old-looking oval rug. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z We had our pick, and they weren’t even very expensive. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “War’s an expensive proposition. Don’t think the Huns much care about the finances of us folks here on the prairie.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The most expensive and sought-after type of parchment was vellum, made from calfskin. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I believe the black business executive who says that, although he drives an expensive foreign car, he must be especially wary when a policeman stops him for speeding. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Too expensive for my family to eat. Unless it's gone very stale. Of course, practically everything we eat is stale," says Peeta, pulling the sleeping bag up around him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Every few seconds, pressed between expensive fabrics and glittering jewels, he could pretend that he was lost among them, invisible in his simpler kaftan. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It wasn't going to be an expensive meal—even if they upsized everything. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The leather seat was warm from the sun and had a rich and expensive smell. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the bottle between my legs and pulled so hard that not only did I jerk the crumbled cork out but I sprayed myself with expensive Bordeaux. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Was that why they were here at this expensive restaurant? Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z A family squarely in the middle class may own a flat- screen television, drive a BMW, and indulge a taste for expensive chocolate. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Today her drab school outfit has been replaced by an expensive white dress, and her blonde hair is done up with a pink ribbon. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Owning expensive sneakers that I can take out into the world and not keep in a closet, scared that I’ll mess them up. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “You need to go to college to be a teacher. It’s five years of study beyond high school. It can be expensive.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Besides killing seven people, the Shuttle has been a disappointment in that it has been more expensive to operate than its fans had hoped. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Monday back at school, Evan approached me in the morning and broke the news that he'd spoken to his mom and she told him that the dance was too expensive. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Why is it that people connect classical music to expensive stuff? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Which is why I take a long shower with Mom’s expensive hair conditioner. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “That luncheon is an expensive event,” Papá said, frowning. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes the nearest school was far away or too expensive, or the risk of being assaulted while getting there was too great. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Mom couldn’t afford any expensive present when I turned eleven on August tenth, but she took Annie and me out for ice cream. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He’s wearing a silver watch with a large face on his right wrist—it looks expensive, a Breitling maybe. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m serious, Mom. Are we really selling the house in Atlanta because it’s too big? Or is it too expensive?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The Iowa pigs turned out to be more delicate and more expensive to house and feed than the Creole pigs, and in the end, most didn’t survive in their new home. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The rest of the passengers were men dressed in expensive civilian clothes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Piggy babbled: "-a conch; ever so expensive. I bet if you wanted to buy one, you'd have to pay pounds and pounds and pounds -he had it on his garden wall, and my auntie." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It would be very complicated and expensive to get all the necessary equipment up there. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an expensive undertaking on a dubious mission, but I would feel as if I’d done everything possible if I met with Dean O’Neill and made my pitch face to face. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He also brought a big plate of shrimp, which I love but hardly ever get to eat because it’s real expensive. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “They are expensive, so be careful not to lose them,” Dad cautions. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The town offers handsome, expensive residential neighborhoods, good schools, parks, golf courses, excellent day care for children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were a fool to buy such an expensive piece of furniture.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z On a crystalline fall day you can almost hear the tinkle of fine crystal, the rustle of silk and wool, almost smell the expensive cigars. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The old Ford looked odd, out of place among the expensive imports, sports cars, and 4 x 4s. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, Spanish cedar was expensive, having to be imported from its native South America. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But because town families usually eat expensive butcher meat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z You can just take one look at Dr. Newmans expensive suit to know he doesn’t really mean it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Arms crossed, her expression just as smug as when she tricked her grandpa into buying her that expensive bat. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The trip would be expensive, but it was starting to look more and more worthwhile. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He then switches back to a more expensive choice. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She talks about very little else except maybe how expensive cigarettes are. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z After the screaming and spanking subsided, Joseph’s parents forced him to say he was sorry, especially about the expensive Persian rug he’d destroyed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Unlike the Middle East, where oil almost literally flowed out of a spigot, finding it here was getting harder and more expensive. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She stands with a coat over her shoulders, looking into the dark where expensive foreign cars idle sharply. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom signed me up for lessons and I played with Dad a few times before they figured the monthly dues were too expensive. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z And Mom had freaked out over a ridiculously expensive plane ticket. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z From 1646 Torricelli’s experiment was widely performed, even though mercury was expensive and it continued to be difficult to get sufficiently sturdy long tubes sealed at one end. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In some cases, hiring additional police was considered a violation of the era’s liberal aesthetic; in others, it was simply deemed too expensive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z There are specialty stores where they sell dog meat but at a very expensive price. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His suit, she could see, was expensive, fine silver thread running through the wool, and his shoes were, too: cordovan with tassels and smooth leather soles. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Powdered Graphorn horn is used in many potions, though it is immensely expensive owing to the difficulty in collecting it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Catholic or not, I still thought it a sin for a guy to just barge in five years later with a bottle of expensive wine and assume you'd drink out of his hand. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Many mathematical problems are so intractable, and experiments involving them so expensive, that this kind of probabilistic simulation is the only alternative to giving up on them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Or “Are you crazy? Put it back. It’s too expensive.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It was expensive to have huge cakes of ice brought up to their hotel rooms, to cool the penguins. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z They pooled their resources and purchased two very expensive, very powerful antimatter bombs on eBay. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Gradually, Tree-ear learned that his master had a reputation for slow work, slow and expensive. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Commander Jameson will boot me right off her patrol if we do something expensive like that, with nothing to show for it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Our parents have been returning discouraged; all the houses Ma likes are too expensive for Baba, and all the ones he likes are too small or not in "good" neighborhoods. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z You separated not the way upper-middle-class boomers’ kids did, gradually and in long and expensive stages, but abruptly, usually irrevocably. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Normally, Uncle Vernon would have asked what car Mr. Weasley drove; he tended to judge other men by how big and expensive their cars were. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t have to think too hard about it; candles were expensive and vulnerable to drafts, torches were dirty and dangerous. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Since the war started, gas is expensive and in short supply. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And to not have to take the medicine he gives me, which is too expensive for my dad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z You had to keep them guessing—just as they guessed about Dr. Bledsoe: Did Dr. Bledsoe stop at an expensive white hotel when he visited New York? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "Flights are expensive, and we couldn't both be away from the deli." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Was it an expensive sculpture that some kid dropped and he had to pay for it out of his own money or they didn’t let him graduate?” asks another. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “But Fig’s treatment is too expensive for my parents, so I talked them into letting me help raise money. So here I am.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The lessons were much more expensive than the dance class had been, but Mother paid for them with the money she made selling oils. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z What drugs did exist were very expensive and often scarce. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s so expensive, but it’s so ugly too, isn’t it? I think they make it ugly on purpose. And yet people buy it out of sheer perversity.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He’d heard, from friends with younger children, that the expensive doll line now had one Asian doll for sale—and a few black ones, too—but he’d never seen it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Now his lavish home included landscaped gardens, an expensive Jaguar sports car in the driveway, and a maid. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Cleaning fluids are less expensive than your time.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z What troubled me most, though, was that the tent wasn’t even mine: I’d borrowed the expensive shelter from my father. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You said I could have a governess. Wouldn’t that be less expensive than sending me away?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Popper was quite worried when he found that all these changes were going to be very expensive. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Spices were expensive and came from the mysterious east, which made them a necessary part of any nobleman’s banquet. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In every way, war was expensive for J. T. So why did he start the war? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She delighted in comparing Harry with Dudley, and took huge pleasure in buying Dudley expensive presents while glaring at Harry, as though daring him to ask why he hadn’t got a present too. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It cracks me up how expensive restaurants, located in what are basically outdoor shopping plazas, give themselves these snooty, fancy names. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z All our neighbors have these great maga- zine-cover yards with flowers that match their shutters and expensive white rocks that border fresh mounds of mulch. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The shrunken head wasn’t real, of course, but it was an expensive rubber one that did look terribly, real. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the discussions were about items too large to take on board: antiques, furniture, expensive carpets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They send their kids to private day schools and drive expensive 4X4s and they belong to country clubs that have no blacks and no Jews. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Would there be a market for such expensive products? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish it wasn’t so expensive to call California. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Her house was even worse, filled with expensive old things you could never touch, like a clock she wouldn’t even let the cleaning lady dust. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Her plum-colored gown was crisp and well sewn, and expensive lace trailed from the small cap on her head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In her opinion, it was an altogether hideous room—expensive but cheesy. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Because flying was still very risky and extremely expensive, we took a troop ship filled with soldiers and sailors, which fairly crawled across the water. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z So in September, he starts using less expensive paint, pigments that are less finely ground. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Someone you’ve never met walks into your dealership, perhaps about to make what may be one of the most expensive purchases of his or her life. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He wore an expensive brown silk suit like the guys on Wall Street wear, but you’d never mistake this dude for a broker. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z They stand out in their bright, expensive sneakers, American haircuts, backpacks slung over one shoulder. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Sloppy rows of expensive cars sparkled under the decorative lights strung from the palm trees that kept vigil over the yard. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Everybody got a big bright orange, a rare and expensive present during the winter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “But it’s fifty dollars to join....It’s too expensive, like Mom said. We don’t have that kind of money to waste.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She steers him into the booth and Alex’s side, and he pulls her in after him, and the six of them fall together in a tangle of hoarse laughter and expensive shoes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Only to certain people, people who deserve it. And it will be very, very expensive. But who wouldn’t give a fortune to live forever?” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But when Christmas came and no expensive Christmas present came with it, Francie was again relegated to the dark back of the room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the embargo, some of the American foods we usually eat at Christmas are not available or are too expensive. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z "I ration the color because it's so expensive," she says. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Point me to the biggest Applebee’s in the world, where I bet they serve two fajitas when you order one; where I bet the shrimp fajita isn’t any more expensive than the chicken.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I thought she’d be blonde, wearing expensive furs, or flashy like her son in a canary yellow cape. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z That was a lot of cattle for them—it’s an expensive school. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Keep your mouth shut, except to open it wide to eat the most expensive appetizer and dessert on the menu on Muhammad's tab. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The closer a neighborhood was to the palace at the center, the more deluxe it was, and the more expensive the houses and mansions became. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Cheese was always the thing because it was so expensive. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z This made me guess that first editions are expensive. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He was a short man, with round, pink features, always immaculately dressed, always smoking long, expensive cigars. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Councilman Grandy indignantly denied that the money was a bribe from the pancake people; then he rushed out and hired the most expensive defense lawyer in Fort Myers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The piano is much more expensive than those other things,” Mom says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z A dollar for afternoon dreams is expensive and cheap. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z You knew it was expensive because instead of a metal hook, it hung by a red velvet ribbon. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I’d forgotten that Lagos is so expensive. I cant believe how much money the Nigerian wealthy spend.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Two things are clear, though: he wanted to make sure no one would ever find out, and he’s the kind of person who could afford an expensive hotel almost every week. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Abortion in the twentieth century was often dangerous and usually expensive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Some kids even printed out cheap bar codes and pasted them over the codes on more expensive products. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After he woke up, ate breakfast, and showered, he put on an expensive new suit. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The girl brushed gracefully against Talc’s expensive tweed sleeve in reaching for her purse. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A professional army would also be less expensive than using mercenaries. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “A taxi is expensive. The bus is cheaper. It’s only twenty cents each. We’ll take the bus.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of the road, to his left, the houses were also handsome, though less expensive and on a smaller scale and with no docks or boats or gardeners. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It was expensive stuff, white cream laid, imported from England; the best they had at the store in town. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Shawn’s undergoing this painful and expensive procedure is the reason my parents would take me to an orthodontist to correct the same defect, which was genetic. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The project would be enormously expensive, they knew, and it would mean pulling top scientists off other high-priority weapons projects. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Train fare was not expensive, but Mama insisted that they should not waste money. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a very expensive watch, that’s why I had kept it for myself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Tired of embarrassing myself in front of two-year-olds, I've started referring to everything in the plural, which can get expensive but has solved a lot of my problems. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Her warm embrace, fragrant of expensive perfume, took me by surprise. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z And when the Graphic View II arrived, procured secondhand from a classified ad, well loved and packed into its own case like an expensive violin, Mia knew this would be true. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It boiled down to this: I wanted to buy the fanciest, most expensive casket in the place, complete with every extra handle and cushion a casket could possibly have. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I'd like to see this machine explode into flames, like all those expensive cars in Bond movies. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The expensive correspondence with the invisible doctors ended in failure. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z One was an East Side tailor near me, who made only to order, while the other two turned out an expensive product with which I had no desire at all to compete. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z A peek through a window revealed a Remington rifle, a plastic box of shells, eight or nine paperback books, some tom jeans, cooking utensils, and an expensive backpack. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The deep bass of an expensive car-stereo system approaches from behind. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And as I watch them, I realize there's a difference between expensive-looking clothes and actually being expensive. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was also defined as someone who had a lot of money or at least the trappings of money: a big car, an expensive watch, or expensive clothes. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z You have to know that this is the most expensive place to eat you can go to on the eastern seaboard. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z There are lots of pictures of Daddy when he was younger wearing mink coats, playing with expensive toys, flashing jewelry, and Grandpa Don isn’t in any of the pictures. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Eh! My son wastes money on these expensive things,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A trained war-horse was also expensive, and Simon’s father was not alone in being bankrupt after the war. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “For under a dollar to $350, with an incredible luxury package, we give the perception of a very expensive product.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And after a few years the once expensive home may have a poorer family. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Teleportation was the fastest way to travel, but it was also the most expensive. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Besides, babies were expensive and we needed to save. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's the most expensive thing ever built," Teddy said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Sayle, who had cheered up once again, had a glass of expensive red wine. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Elsewhere, the students have tangible advantages—better theaters, bigger stages, parents who buy them private voice lessons and put them in expensive theater camps. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Their pillars cut the skyline like expensive blades. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I had to wonder about his expensive private- school yard. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Since moving to France my hobby has gotten considerably more expensive. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was a show that was created even before I was born, about a really old, really expensive lawyer named Matlock who solved criminal cases for a ton of money. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Like very expensive velvet, something moneyed and lush and fluid all at once. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The cape looks store-bought and expensive, as it has a silver clasp and the material is much heavier than what might be used to make a cheap Halloween costume. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Slight symptoms gave him away: the sparkle in his eyes when he saw the little girl, the expensive presents he bought her, the anguish he felt if he heard her cry. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His school is a private school for brainy boys, though not an expensive one: you get in by passing tough exams. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Possession of anything new or expensive only reflected a person’s lack of theology and geometry; it could even cast doubts upon one’s soul. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z However, the less expensive coffee shop that opened on the parking lot was kept busy serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner to tenants "ordering up" and to workers from nearby Westingtown. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Things like these are not that expensive in New York,” Mami said. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Mass is the expensive part about sending things to Mars. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore expensive, double-breasted American suits and wide- brimmed hats, and paid a great deal of attention to his appearance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “This seems like an awfully expensive volume for our schools to be purchasing,” he said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The guards were a young man and woman wearing sunglasses, smiles, and expensive suits, with well-polished shoes that gleamed in the morning sun. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He was standing next to his bike, now fitted with all sorts of expensive accessories, over by the bathroom doors. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z There is a living room with a skylight, a kitchen with expensive stainless-steel appliances, a bathroom with a marble floor and walls. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It would've been easier to take up the stained tiles, but marble is expensive and hard to come by. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z By the time the apples were harvested, hundreds of ships crammed with expensive British goods crowded the docks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Except the Court of Honor showcased the most expensive exhibits, so it would also be swarming with Columbian Guards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z We institute a layaway plan so people can buy more expensive items in installments. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They went to one of Reykjavik’s most expensive and elegant restaurants and were said to have a long conversation, mainly about politics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And sure it was fun to get my learner’s permit, but Mom and Dad said they didn’t want me driving until I absolutely had to because insurance is so expensive. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z There was a mirror—it had been very expensive—in one corner, and a little table in another one held the scents and oils. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z What Cubans couldn’t buy in Cuba—unless it was on the black market, and that was usually expensive—had to be brought in from abroad. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Standing armies struck him as inherently dangerous and expensive items. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The one with the gray suit and expensive watch. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He extends his phone and takes a few pictures of Imani on his lap, himself and his dark sunglasses, gold teeth, and gold chain, and expensive rims. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Lighter clothes were more expensive and required frequent professional cleaning, so while my everyday trousers and waistcoat looked rather somber in the daylight, they made suitable evening wear. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “The generators stop running at ten since petrol’s so bloody expensive to ship out, so either you get to bed early or you learn to love candles and kerosene.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There was a small assortment of trinkets on the shelf, wooden figurines of animals, quills that looked expensive, but what she was looking at was easily most impressive. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z What there is for sale, the prices are expensive. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “The dressings afterwards are so expensive,” says my father. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't care that the houses are big and expensive; everything is exactly the same, and the only restaurants I see are Chili's and Olive Garden. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Her mom had always said couples therapy was too expensive because they didn’t take insurance, but her dad had offered to pay anyway. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I'm overwhelmed with the need to lie and withhold the details of how I know Auguste, like hiding a rare and expensive gem in a secret pocket. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z From his clothes, three expensive rackets, mien and well-conditioned body, I took him for a professional player. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was expensive, and my aim in going would have been to get a degree to qualify me for a job as a journalist. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Apparently he’d paid a tailor in Isfahan to sew them into the lining of the super expensive suitcases so the guards at the airport wouldn’t think to inspect them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I savored it, as I might savor an expensive piece of candy given only at Christmas. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Too expensive,” she said when the delivery man handed them to her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I finally settle on the diary because Mami hints that gold is too expensive right now on our budget. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Even though Carla could imagine owning a very expensive car, she could not imagine her parents as different from what they were. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Because everything is so crazy expensive once you get into the park.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z For the second half of the experiment, Dijksterhuis went to the furniture store IKEA, where people were making much more complicated and expensive purchases. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The car is a very expensive one, a Whirlwind; better than the Chariot, much better than the chunky, practical Behemoth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The pretty girls weren’t so much pretty as skinny with too-high heels and expensive clothes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He had declined the sauteed new greens, the tender and expensive leaves of bean plants plucked before the sprouts turn into beans. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When I look down the alley, I see the vendor I’m looking for: the Emerald Emporium, home to expensive, valuable, and very, very rare power-ups. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They made a game of it—each only had five minutes to make an expensive purchase. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z First, however, she took him shopping, and when Barbarossa returned to the Casa Spavento that evening, he was wearing the most expensive clothes one could buy in Venice for a child of his age. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Most of them were huge, complex, and obviously very expensive. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Tearfully Esther sent him off to an expensive boarding school where Ernesto became the terror of his teachers and fellow pupils. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Until then, stockings were made of silk, and silk was delicate, expensive, and in ever shorter supply. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They were expensive, and while Holly had all of them, I only had one, a doll who had escaped slavery and gotten free in Philadelphia. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I scour the aisles, looking for something reasonable, but everything is so dang expensive. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I was worried it might be too expensive, but he told me, “Dinner’s on me tonight.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The real estate taxes her father was paying would have been double the amount of money required to ensconce her in the most expensive boarding school. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Here, Burnham realized, contractors would have to drive piles at least down to hard-pan, an expensive complication and a source of additional delay. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “That’s what Dad always says. Too much work and too expensive.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Somehow, that small wild grass that started in the hills of Central America has become the star of the biggest, most expensive food chain in the history of the world. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “San Francisco’s so expensive. If we lived in Washington, we could find our own place and save up for your college fund.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Large birds of prey were status symbols because they were so expensive. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Chatlink sessions worked differently from chat rooms, and they were a lot more expensive to host. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Even without the extra competitions, fencing was expensive, even at the high school level. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A newly composed classical opera in the late-twentieth century was like Beluga caviar: a shockingly expensive commodity from an endangered species, accessible to a very privileged few but an inconceivable luxury to the rest. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The cab was mad expensive, but she didn’t care. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I suppose it would have been possible to go on living near the Sleepers, but it would have meant paying an expensive compensation to them—money Father did not want to pay. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Molasses from French islands would now be too expensive—merchants could never make a profit. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The limo was really great, and the limo driver got everyone stoned, which made the very expensive food taste even better. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I was less important than the things she had now—a nice house and diamond jewelry, an expensive car and a big refrigerator. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z When I get to the part where Holden drops and shatters his little sister’s record, my dad and uncles pile into the dining room to bust out the expensive tequila from the liquor cabinet. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It’s the best private school in Portland, which means it’s mostly white, which means it’s expensive. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Chicken, on the other hand, wasn’t too expensive, not by the pound. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Yep, not the kid stuff I used to pretend with, but seriously expensive adult woman makeup! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Standing beside her is a short man wearing an olive T-shirt and expensive blue jeans. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Now they've ordered an extortionately expensive renovation. Where is that key? My manager brought it to me months ago.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Not something expensive or impossible to find; not something encoded in DNA or hardwired into the circuits of their brains. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z At her elbow was the carcass of a big expensive roaster, the kind we could hardly ever afford. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That meant one should use the simplest, least expensive technology to complete a job. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Zilch, I spell, a convenient one-vowel word with an expensive Z. “Is that a word?” says the Commander. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Branwell was in the back, buckled into the best, most expensive, safest car seat in the world, which had been a gift from the Branwells, his mother’s parents. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All of the disputed territories contain valuable minerals, and some of them yield important vegetable products such as rubber which in colder climates it is necessary to synthesize by comparatively expensive methods. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But they’d learned the hard way that funerals were expensive, that hiring lawyers was even worse, that when you lost a loved one, it sucked your finances dry. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Life in Venice is quite expensive. The Thief Lord won't be looking, after you anymore. Are you going to start stealing again?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “These are expensive. Reel is a grand, rod five hundred. But worth every penny.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was a coppery red, and her clothes were expensive and very black. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The fact that the Professor sold old and cheap some of the things that Mr. Schmitt sold new and expensive was worth thinking about; but it really didn’t prove anything one way or the other. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His suit looked expensive and he wore cufflinks. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “If your grandmother has the kind of money to buy you expensive white people’s books,” the teacher said, “why can’t she buy you cheap black books to use in school?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Think, for a moment, about the last expensive restaurant you went to, the last expensive piece of clothing you bought, and the last movie you saw. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was probably one of the most expensive vacations those guys ever had. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And although their car was small and dusty, it was Italian and looked expensive, too. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “Hershey’s is chocolate. Perugina is something you save in a drawer because it’s too expensive to eat, and then you regift it at Christmas.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Because, Piper, Twelve Mile is a mall. Winterset is a collection. That means it’s fancier than a mall. More expensive, too.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z |
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