Sentence examples for Extortionate price from inspiring English sources

"Unless, that is, he was asking an extortionate price".

The notoriously high cost of living hits students hard, and many of us live in poor accommodation at extortionate price.

Organisation has also crumbled somewhat with, remarkably, no one checking our tickets at any stage of the process, making the extortionate price tag even more galling.

In London, if you were to ask for a treble, it is likely that the bartender would look at you like you were crazy, and then charge an extortionate price.

Of course, they're mentioning the extortionate price of tickets (winner: Arsenal, £100 for a matchday ticket), but the real talking point has proved to be the price of pies.

Also, it would almost certainly mean that the £300, in the example given, would be an extortionate price as suppliers would expect to make extra profits in return for taking the risk of fraud.

Government has no real tools to curb extortionate prices.

A record company that doesn't know whether to charge extortionate prices or give music away?

"People just don't want to pay extortionate prices for hotels," she said.

Copies are being traded at extortionate prices, well above the official €59.

Another way round the extortionate prices is to consider a home swap.