Words similar to expensive

Example sentences for: expensive

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

Developing new drugs that selectively target specific subtypes of nicotine receptors is an expensive, albeit potentially lucrative, proposition.
A recent cost-of-living survey ranked Shanghai as the fifth most expensive city in the world, ahead of London, Geneva, and New York.
How these expensive procedures are used is an indication of how scarce health care dollars are allocated.
The most damaging claim: HMOs hire ethicists who then justify the HMOs' decisions to deny expensive treatment.
The justification offered by museum directors for shows that double as highbrow advertisements is, Hey, get real, that's the only way museums can afford to get expensive stuff inside its walls.