Spends
[s'pendz]
Examples
- Of course I understand--he spends it on living with the rich. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It appears that he spends but little time at his toilet, or he would arrange it with more taste. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Spends a deal of money on his dress, ma'am. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mr. Jellyby spends his evenings at her new house with his head against the wall as he used to do in her old one. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He that spends a groat a day idly, spends idly above six pounds a year, which is the price for the use of one hundred pounds. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- One man spends his fortune in one way, and another in another. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Bless you, I don't spend it, it spends itself somehow, and is gone before I know it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You know they say he has eight hundred thousand a year--and spends nothing, except on some rubbishy old books. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I just wish I had a little of the money Laurie spends on that horse, she added, as if to herself, yet hoping her sisters would hear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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