How to Use afford in a Sentence

afford

verb

• All of the rooms afford views of the lake.
• He'll be able to afford a house next year.
• They couldn't afford new coats for the children.
• We were too poor to afford a doctor.
• Don't spend more than you can afford.
• We can afford waiting a while longer.
• He was afforded the opportunity to work for a judge.
• His team can’t afford to be forced to win without them.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
• The drive to the hotel down a winding road off a main drag affords a view of fairways and greens in abundance.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2024
• For years, Henrik Fisker has preached the gospel of selling EVs that people can afford.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2024
• Head to the roof where the heated indoor pool affords fantastic city views.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 27 June 2023
• The question of why Jeff Bezos, a man who can afford not to bother, wants to own the Washington Post haunts the pages of this book.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
• They are improved enough to be dangerous against teams that can’t afford to lose to them.
  — Jeff Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
• But the Grammys were destined not to be the only awards show this season that would afford them a high profile.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024
• After high school, Jarvis wanted to go to college but couldn’t afford it.
  — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2023
• Two-, three-, and four-night cruises afford first-rate wildlife watching, as elephants and hippos roam the banks.
  — Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
• The hundred and fifty homes that GAF is doing in the 7th ward, that breaks a lot of barriers down for people that won't be able to afford to do that.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
• The longer this adjustment takes, the greater the wealth gap between current homeowners and young adults who can’t afford to buy a home.
  — Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2024
• But detentions could last weeks and then months for suspects who were unable to afford bail.
  — Wesley Lowery, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• This far exceeds what most most residents of the region can afford.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 July 2023
• Prom season marks the highlight of school dances for many students, but some struggle to afford dance attire.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
• But the pleasure of his greatest creations is afforded by a sensation of the mind giving up, and the body yielding.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
• To suggest that the U.S. cannot afford to fund the war against Russia, that somehow we are tapped out and compelled to take a loss in Ukraine, is flatly untrue.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
• They are invited but the price excludes them, many of our family cannot afford to fly, let alone stay in NZ.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
• Change is never easy, but legacy Fitbit users have been through enough this year, and Google can’t afford to backslide here.
  — Brandon Widder, The Verge, 16 Dec. 2023
• Longer shelf lives are afforded to products that aren't water-based.
  — Katherine Bernard, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• In a country that can least afford more disruption, there are fears that events could drag Lebanon into a wider conflict.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
• If most people are left unable to afford vehicles, that’s fine by them.
  — WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
• What does the genre afford you creatively as a composer that others don’t?
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
• Whereas the people who can't afford parking will just keep driving and then paying.
  — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 14 June 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024