How to Use exorbitant in a Sentence

exorbitant

adjective
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  • They were charged exorbitant rates for phone calls.
  • In truth, exorbitant wealth isn’t the case for most Africans at home or abroad.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The costs tended to be most exorbitant for people with low incomes.
    — Serena Coady, SELF, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Part of the exorbitant cost lies in startup fees, which are significant.
    — Benjamin Y. Fong, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Pricing on TVs this large can get exorbitant (into the tens of thousands for high-end models).
    — Parker Hall, Wired, 30 Mar. 2022
  • For years, fans complained about exorbitant prices for admission and about getting nickel and dimed on food and drink (and countless other perks) once inside the park.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The conflict also has driven up the already-exorbitant price of natural gas, used to make nitrogen fertilizer.
    — Geoffrey Kaviti, Chinedu Asadu and Paul Wiseman, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The Big John specimen is among a growing list of immense dinosaur fossils going for exorbitant amounts of money to private buyers.
    — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Looney and Ritter, who also oppose exorbitant municipal beach parking fees, say the matter may end up getting sorted out in court if no consensus is reached soon.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Racial covenants may be a thing of the past, but charging the poor exorbitant rents is not.
    — Timothy Noah, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Then there are tasks that take exorbitant amounts of time, such as scrubbing the walls.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • This is the guy who wants to give the power back to big pharma, to be able to charge exorbitant prices for drugs.
    — ABC News, 7 July 2024
  • So the state has been procuring power at exorbitant prices to keep the lights on.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The other involves the exorbitant cost of her move to Alaska in 2019.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • That helps to pay for exorbitant rent, which had been taking up to a whopping 55% of their pay.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023
  • If you’re asked to be part of the wedding party, the expense can get exorbitant.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • In the past, that has meant seats for top-selling artists could be exorbitant, like the time Bruce Springsteen's best seats went for $4,000.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Hamas steals it and then sells any surplus back to its people, no doubt at exorbitant prices.
    — Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 12 May 2024
  • After all, hardly any of us would have to pay that exorbitant rate.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Outside of exorbitant use by some minors, there are growing concern about the app around the world.
    — Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The progress is slow, due to exorbitant R&D costs caused by the unique technical challenges of flying faster than sound.
    — J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
  • For most, the long days, cramped seats, and exorbitant fees are enough to throw in the towel, sartorially.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The deal is team friendly for the Pacers because Turner won't take up an exorbitant amount of cap space the next two seasons.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
  • For what’s certain to be an exorbitant amount of money.
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The high price of tickets is something that has followed Messi around the country as MLS fans have had to pay exorbitant prices.
    — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Still, the life-sustaining medicine can be an exorbitant cost.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But this is not a bottle to spend an exorbitant amount of time and money chasing on the secondary market.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 May 2022
  • Investors have fled Intel in part because of the exorbitant cost of Gelsinger’s turnaround plan.
    — oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Instead, these rebates are lining the pockets of PBMs, while patients pay exorbitant prices out-of-pocket for necessary medications.
    — Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Taking note of the exorbitant pricing on third-party sites, the band is warning buyers that tickets can only be resold at face value through two online sellers: Ticketmaster and Twickets.
    — Emma Bowman, NPR, 31 Aug. 2024

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