pay dearly

phrase

: to suffer a lot as a result of something one has done

She paid dearlyfor her mistakes.

Examples of pay dearly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Californians will pay dearly, adding new costs to already high statewide power prices. — Mike O’Boyle, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025

Those who can get their children into child care will pay dearly for it — 18% of median income for a two-income household, the highest in the nation. — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 14 July 2025

Communities that ignore the first crack pay dearly when the whole block splinters. — Edgar Domenech, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025

But the love never came, the slaughter continued, and Mexican troops made the American invaders pay dearly in blood. — Enrique Krauze, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2013

Rhymes for pay dearly

• austerely
• severely
• sincerely
• cavalierly
• clearly
• merely
• nearly
• queerly
• yearly