Example Sentences

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General Ryder declined to say whether the Pentagon had evaluated how quickly Ukrainian forces were expending ammunition.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2023

More recently, the problem was that some parts of the country were expending all their money while others, especially in parts of the South, were lagging behind.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022

Americans asked why they were expending so much of their own blood to civilise a place that seemingly gloried in barbarism.

From Economist • Jun. 12, 2014

Its slightly underwhelming quality could arguably be attributed to the huge amount of effort both teams, and Tottenham especially, were expending in tracking back, closing each other down and winning tackles.

From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2010

It was only a portion of this wealth that they were expending in the manufacture of armament.

From The Fire People by Cummings, Ray