at the expense of in English

at the sacrifice of -, to the detriment of -

Use "at the expense of" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "at the expense of" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "at the expense of", or refer to the context using the word "at the expense of" in the English Dictionary.

1. They purchased life at the expense of honour.

2. Every flatterer lives at the expense of his listener.

3. Clerics fatten themselves at the expense of their flocks.

4. He favoured some individuals at the expense of others.

5. Her fame was bought at the expense of her marriage.

6. The dealers profited shamefully at the expense of my family.

7. However, some believe this is at the expense of flavour.

8. The cars were produced quickly, at the expense of safety.

9. And certainly not at the expense of your own son.

10. He finished the job at the expense of his health.

11. In any case, they offer hardness at the expense of toughness.

12. His fame was bought at the expense of health and happiness.

13. He built up the business at the expense of his health.

14. She bought fame at the expense of her happiness and health.

15. But it's not at the expense of people accepting their global responsibilities.

16. Every flatterer lives at the expense of those who listen to him.

17. The king sought to aggrandize himself at the expense of his people.

18. Racial diversity at the expense of cultural unity, however, Balkanizes and divides

19. A country shall not aggrandize itself at the expense of its neighbors.

20. The owner is making huge profits at the expense of downtrodden peasants.

21. Racial diversity at the expense of cultural unity, however, Balkanizes and divides

22. Racial diversity at the expense of cultural unity, however, Balkanizes and divides

23. The orchestra has more discipline now, but at the expense of spirit.

24. 21 Officials stoutly insist neither relationship comes at the expense of the other.

25. A firefighter saved a little girl's life at the expense of his life.

26. Unlike paper-based advertising, this is often at the expense of the recipient.

27. “SURVIVAL of the fittest” —the strong live at the expense of the weak.

28. News programs tend to focus on trivia at the expense of serious issues.

29. But it should not come “at the expense of new entrants,” he said

30. After defoliation, allocating carbon to shoots at the expense of roots may confer tolerance.

31. Are those programs going to be ramped up at the expense of programs elsewhere?

32. Buff premium is a monthly subscription at the expense of &1.99 per month

33. After all, a shift toward sustainability cannot come at the expense of farmers’ livelihoods.

34. According to this study, women have made notable gains at the expense of men.

35. The male has fulfilled his ambition of bigamy at the expense of a female.

36. In 1953, Liu was sent abroad to study at the expense of the government.

37. However, such a transfer can happen only at the expense of the central authority.

38. At the expense of their health and schooling, youngsters are exploited as child laborers.

39. 18 Democrats will complain he overemphasizes punishment at the expense of prevention and treatment.

40. The gain in angle is at the expense of the intensity of the detected beam.

41. The town has been careful not to buy prosperity at the expense of its character.

42. 18 The last case concerned an implied trust at the expense of the intestate heir.

43. He claimed that the large stores were enriching themselves at the expense of their customers.

44. And penny-pinching at the expense of the unemployed is cruel as well as misguided.

45. 2 And this, the archdiocese believes, is sometimes done at the expense of Catholic doctrine.

46. Never did he aggrandize himself at the expense of others or by putting them down.

47. They are the political rulers, who have grown rich at the expense of the ruled.

48. Why roll down the windows and let the pollen in at the expense of health ?

49. So people put their energy in what can get measured, at the expense of cooperation.

50. Oxytocin can bias people to favor their own group at the expense of other groups.