How to Use expend in a Sentence

expend

verb

• Are we willing to expend the time and resources required to solve the problem?
• And any effort expended to make one’s way through life with a smile.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2023
• This is not where Biden had hoped to expend his time and energy.
  — Aamer Madhani and Ellen Knickmeyer, Star Tribune, 20 May 2021
• In its first three years, the money was quickly expended.
  — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
• There are no rations, no war bonds, and no protests over the lives lost and treasure expended.
  — Amy Schafer, Slate Magazine, 2 Aug. 2017
• Those steps around the house weren’t going to expend Allen’s battery, though.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Sep. 2020
• Cruise lines expend a lot of energy going the extra mile for guests.
  — Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 1 July 2019
• Naps Naps expend little to no calories but are always worth it.
  — Irving Ruan mia Mercado, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2019
• Grab some bon bons, kick back and let this little clean machine expend all the energy.
  — Carla Sosenko, Popular Science, 12 Nov. 2020
• The union might expend endless energy to find that needle in the haystack.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• No state funds were expended on his travel, and the group does not have a lobbying arm.
  — Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Sep. 2025
• By far the larger cost is the time, and resources, such a strategy expends.
  — Lomi Kriel, Houston Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2018
• Families have to expend resources to help buy school supplies and now those funds would be there.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• Less drag means less power expended, which means that the car can go further on a single charge.
  — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
• Look at how much energy Green had to expend just to drag them across the finish line.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
• To lose weight, the body must expend more energy than the calories consumed.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022
• With the atmosphere expended in many spots, late-day focus has been west.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• That line could be used as an insult for, say, a member of a sports team not expending enough effort.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
• Work-life balance has shifted to allow more room to expend time doing things that are not part of the job.
  — Chandra Gundlapalli, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
• At that price point, why would anyone go grocery shopping, mess up the kitchen, expend valuable time?
  — Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018
• This event had a mock battle in which some 6,000 blank rounds were expended.
  — Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
• All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
• All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
• All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
• All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
• All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
• All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
• All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
• All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
• All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026