Meanings of expend a lot in English

You expend a lot of energy and I just had to stop.

We could also expend a lot of irreplaceable fuel gathering intelligence.

To sum up, I expend a lot of mental energy breaking this commandment.

This is a time to soak up energy, not expend a lot of it.

Supporters expend a lot of energy pumping up his stats on YouTube, Technorati and online polls.

Mothers expend a lot of metabolic energy to synthesize sugars in their milk that babies don't digest.

I could expend a lot of energy looking for Stuart, or I could wait for him to go home.

An orbit that we can't reach without expending a lot of propellant.

He expended a lot of energy and had to come out for a blow.

Emotions could be taxing, and she had expended a lot of emotion over the last eighteen hours.

Gabriel is a tank of a fast bowler, who expends a lot of energy to generate his pace.

The Army expends a lot of energy and money trying to understand things nobody but soldiers give a crap about.

To her way of thinking, the God of the New Light expended a lot of time and effort to bring her here.

That means burning their engines, expending a lot of fuel in just a few minutes, and then coasting for a few weeks.

While these new, very green doctors adjusted to their surroundings and onerous responsibilities, they expended a lot of energy hiding their insecurities.

They were low-hanging fruit, and Republicans expended a lot of energy -and even more money -trying to get to it.