Example sentences for: afford

How can you use “afford” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Frank Fahrenkopf, the industry's top lobbyist (who is paid so much he can afford monogrammed shirt cuffs --I saw them), holds forth cheerfully outside the ballroom, celebrating the electoral triumph of freedom over religious moralist tyranny.

  • He can afford to support Slate without my help.

  • But people who can't afford to get their teeth fixed don't need religious charity.

  • The product was purified by thin layer chromatography eluting with ethyl acetate and hexane (3/1, v/v) to afford 12 mg of 8 (62% yield).

  • Tate, who receives less than $600 a month from Supplemental Social Security, could not afford to pay several thousand dollars to relocate her mobile home, which was appraised at $2,500.


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