The phrase 'paid a huge price for' is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when someone has suffered or sacrificed greatly due to a decision or action they have made. For example: "John paid a huge price for his recklessness - he was fired from his job and lost his home."
People forget, Aslam says, that "Pakistan has paid a huge price for the war in Afghanistan".
They have learned and they have paid a huge price for that.
We've paid a huge price for this in the Middle East".
Both paid a huge price for that decision and ended up quitting their parish jobs under what they and their friends described as pressure from superiors.
WP: Ukraine has paid a huge price for leaning toward the West but not being protected under Article 5. SN: They were not members of the E.U.
"You don't have to look that far into our past to see where we've paid a huge price for our failure to understand and ignorance of lived religion," Casey says.
We all pay a huge price for this shortsightedness.
But we pay a huge price for its successes.
Mr. Sadat figured us out: Israel will pay a huge price for acceptance and security.
The country is still paying a huge price for President George W. Bush's decision to shortchange the war in Afghanistan.
"If you make a mistake on taking a player at that high level, you pay a huge price for it".
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