6 sentences with 'expense'
Example sentences and phrases with the word expense and other words derived from it.
• « I am not referring to laughter at the expense of other people's sorrows, but to the convenience of laughing at one's own. »
• « Henry's economic measures had come at the expense of some of the company's most valuable - albeit intangible - resources, as the period from 1919 to 1921 marked the disappearance of several members of Ford's management, whose skills and experience were never replaced. »
• « Julie made what she calls "a very conscious decision" to put her family first, at the expense of her career if necessary. »
• « In 81 BC, Lucius Cornelius Sulla was made dictator; he greatly strengthened the power of the Senate at the expense of the Plebeian Assembly, had his enemies in Rome murdered and their property confiscated, and then retired to a life of debauchery on his private property (and soon died of an illness he contracted). »
• « While the long-term economic pattern was that the wealthier sections of society tended to become even richer at the expense of the common people, there remained a significant "middle class" that enjoyed a relatively high standard of living. »