Sentence examples for proves costly from inspiring English sources

That is, until something considered free proves costly.

Indeed, if the Yemen operation proves costly or prolonged, GCC public enthusiasm may wane.

Being in such a predicament almost always proves costly for borrowers — both in terms of fees they will owe and the lower credit rating that will result.

He reels off the next three points, and although Nadal makes it to deuce, a missed backhand return at deuce proves costly.

With England likely to employ four front-line seamers and the spin of Moeen Ali, Bopara's medium pace provides some relief if one of the bowlers proves costly.

Considered together, the requirement of large sample size and multiple analyses for each sample proves costly and labor intensive when working with human data.

The limits proved costly.

Mistakes could prove costly.

Those misses proved costly.

It proved costly.

That wastefulness proved costly.