Sentence example with the word 'expend'

expend

ablate, burn up, devote, distribute, exhaust, give to, ingest, pay, shell out, swallow, waste away

Definition v. use up

Last update: October 6, 2015


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Even them, he was able to read, if he was willing to expend the effort needed to do so.   [verb]

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Our powder has been expended for some weeks past.   [verb]

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The Parliament expended its time on economic reforms.   [Please select]

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Their eloquence and ingenuity were expended in vain.   [Please select]

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In 1874 £16,000,000 was expended in the relief of sufferers by the government.   [Please select]

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They paid an assessment annually, which the colonel expended for me.   [Please select]

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A day-book of duties paid and expended was all that was considered necessary.   [Please select]

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For seven months, without any material nourishment, they expend strength in moving.   [Please select]

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