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Meanings of expend in English
Usage of expend in English
1
I had to expend a similar amount of energy to stop them.
2
Why expend all this effort for something that wouldn't go entirely free?
3
Some geniuses expend themselves in poems, some in paintings, others in predictions.
4
You expend a great deal of energy analysing Lisbeth Salander's emotional life.
5
The indignation of Marion was not apt to expend itself in words.
6
You expend a lot of energy and I just had to stop.
7
The municipal authorities expend annually seven hundred thousand dollars in public charities.
8
Suffering because they expend so much energy trying to control the uncontrollable.
9
We expend thousands of dollars in preventing our slaves from going there.
10
So why should psychologists expend any effort attempting to explain such experiences?
11
Henri Dubois could not afford to expend his breath in useless curses.
12
For seven months, without any material nourishment, they expend strength in moving.
13
I cannot expend such a sum without ruining myself and the kingdom.
14
Not even Caesar, since he must expend his energies righting fellow Romans.
15
Do you expend more effort on attacking your strongest or weakest opponents?
16
He would expend one last erg of energy on this worthless Unitarian.
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Expend across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common