Sentence examples for practically paying for from inspiring English sources

The Shuttle fleet was supposed to be a safe, reliable workhorse that would make a round trip every week at a cost of ten million dollars each, supplanting disposable rockets and practically paying for itself by doing odd jobs like putting communications satellites into orbit.

So jump the fence (Bonus: Jumping a fence is a fine display of visual hubris that only rarely does not look awesome. And with a book in-hand? Come on. You're practically paying for it with this), land gracefully on the other side of the fence, and run toward home.

Didn't Clinton get the deficit down to practically paid for?

With the money you save on haircuts, napkins, and Kleenex, the thing practically pays for itself after a single use.

"As someone else here has pointed out, paying to have a car in the city is practically like paying for second apartment," he says.

The garments have practically paid their way in rentals.

A specified prize for successful development of a particular entity gives a strong incentive for development, but runs the risk of purchasers paying for drugs they may not be able to practically deliver.

What that means, practically speaking, is that when you buy a Napa Valley wine you are paying for a lot more than what's in the bottle.

You can practically see the slick Apple demo video showing a mom with babe-in-arms gracefully paying for groceries, even with her hands full.

HANJING, China — Wu Yiebing has been going down coal shafts practically every workday of his life, wrestling an electric drill for $500 a month in the choking dust of claustrophobic tunnels, with one goal in mind: paying for his daughter's education.

Americans are used to swiping a debit or credit card to pay for practically everything because few banks charge a fee on domestic purchases.