Example sentences for: exorbitant

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

  • Obviously, we can rule out the hipsters paying exorbitant sums to inhabit gentrified downtowns and sport the latest iteration of poverty chic.

  • As for her exorbitant fee, she says, "I have written a whole book about how women should not have to apologize for making the same fees men make.

  • At first, Harvard officials excused the ploy by saying that if community members had known they were dealing with an institution worth $9 billion, they would have demanded exorbitant premiums.

  • Buying caskets on the Web--at sites like directcasket.com, casketgallery.com, and downtoearthcoffin.com--creates "emotional detachment" about the purchase, says USAT , which helps grieving relatives avoid the exorbitant casket fees of funeral homes.

  • Civil-rights leader Julian Bond, who reprinted three King speeches in a textbook, has denounced the exorbitant rates charged by the King estate.


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