How to Use spend in a Sentence

spend

verb

• They spend a lot on clothes and cars.
• I spent my summer at the beach.
• Our cat spends most of his time sleeping.
• Relaxing with friends is a great way to spend a weekend.
• Too much of my time is spent arguing with customers.
• I want to buy a new car, but I don't have much money to spend.
• Her willingness to spend freely made her popular among her friends.
• He spends lavishly on vacations.
• I spent $30 on his birthday gift.
• She spent eight months living in New York City.
• That was a lot of time spent to make a path to nowhere.
  — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
• He’s spent all night thinking about this.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
• Cities cannot spend their way out of this problem.
  — William J. Bratton, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
• Many of us spend many of our waking hours at work.
  — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• Some people like to spend their evenings at the bar with friends.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
• Wilcox’s first days were spent in a shoe box by the fireplace.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
• She’s spent much of the past three months trying to chart her next steps.
  — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
• How much time could Diddy spend in prison?
  — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
• Combs could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 14 May 2025
• And the company needs to spend on good projects.
  — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
• How much do people spend on the lottery?
  — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
• Remove spent flowers and new growth will emerge from its base.
  — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
• And spent a lot of time yesterday.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
• Durand spent almost two days in jail.
  — CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
• This is an excellent time to spend with your friends and loved ones.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2023
• Why do people team up around an emptiness, so much spent breath?
  — Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
• The ones who don’t will spend it reacting.
  — Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• The couple spent a lot on the catering, so that is just not okay.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
• Get away from the kitchen and spend a lively evening with your neighbors.
  — Baltimore Sun, 31 May 2022
• This year, though, Betts spent more time getting lost in his process.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024