7 sentences with 'cost'
Example sentences and phrases with the word cost and other words derived from it.
• « Addictions have cost human beings much more than money, because they carry the stigma of physical, mental and spiritual destruction and social discrimination. »
• « St. Simeon the Stylite was so famous for his holiness and endurance in the face of the obvious physical cost of living literally on top of a pillar that he attracted followers from all over the Roman world who came to hear him preach. Soon, many others sought pillars in imitation of Simeon. »
• « Unfortunately for the Ottomans, the conquest of Safavid and Habsburg territories in the early decades of the 16th century cost more to defend and maintain than they brought in tax revenues, which put a brake on Ottoman imperialism itself. »
• « One of the simplest ways in which Versailles undermined their power was that it cost so much to keep them there - around 50% of the income of all but the richest nobles present in the town or castle was spent on lodgings, clothing, gifts and servants. »
• « The irony of the growth of both royal power and royal tax revenues was that it still could not keep pace with the cost of war. »