Example sentences for: surplus--

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

  • Also, the papers explain, the parties now disagree about what to do with the surplus--Clinton wants to reserve it for dealing with the coming Social Security crunch, although he wants to use some of it for keeping U.S. troops in Bosnia and to solve the Y2K problem, while the Republicans are against that spending, but want to allocate at least some of the surplus to tax relief.

  • [T]hey tried to say they weren't spending the Social Security surplus--[chuckles]--and tried to blame us with wanting to, which is a miracle how they got that done.


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