Sentence examples for feels extortionate from inspiring English sources

It would take some of the odor off the debt ceiling agreement that, to Main Street, now feels extortionate and unfair.

It ultimately feels like a tax — an extortionate one at that — and not a protective measure.

"People must avoid using these loan sharks as in some extreme cases they've been known to charge extortionate rates of interest and they feel no guilt about their immoral dealings even when it can lead to a life of financial ruin for some families".

The comment summed things up this way: "I have excellent credit but feel like I am unfairly punished and stuck with this extortionate interest rate for the rest of my working life".

To name and shame rent-to-own retailer Brighthouse, whose hire-purchase consumer goods schemes verge on the extortionate, in front of more than 200 audience members felt courageous and important.

But you feel deep sympathy for her when, as Fainall seeks to tie her to an extortionate contract, she cries "Never to marry!" in despair at a life of sexless solitude.

We feel that it is all right for landlords to rent our properties for an extortionate amount of money because a) they can and b) this is their retirement fund.

A spokesman for the band said they "felt this was the fairest way to distribute tickets and to avoid fans being charged extortionate amounts for them".

Art-deco chandeliers, matched with dim, red lighting, a smoke machine haze and a central, retro-looking DJ booth make the club feel almost like Glasgow's answer to Paris Silencioo – albeit without the icy door staff and extortionate prices.

Equally, the extortionate parking policy of so many councils would seem to call for those that feel persecuted to make their voices heard.

As he held his 18-month-old computer above his head, he suddenly thought: "Is this how I pay the bills?" He felt no obligation, he knew, to the insurance company, which was comfortably able to pay due to its extortionate inflated premiums.