Sentence examples for to expend a from inspiring English sources

MPs' attitudes showed that they were willing to expend a lot of energy keeping secrets.

I had to expend a certain amount of energy on tics each day.

4. Keep it simple Consumers don't want to expend a lot of energy in electronic recycling.

He doesn't want to expend a political favor by asking them to really come forth and support this bill".

Those who do so anyway will have to expend a lot of effort mastering the art of blowing their own horn.

But he also wants the Americans to "expend a bit of political capital" to "rein in Bibi Netanyahu's settlement-building spree of the last year".

If it did, it would be a severe hardship for these two men, each claiming election, to be forced to expend an additional $1,500 or $2,000 each to defend themselves.

Evolutionary biologists argue these conspicuous purchases do the same job as peacock tails — signaling to peahens that they are fit enough to expend an inordinate amount of energy on producing colorful feathers.

Each new initiative can be additive to the nurse's workload; most changes are not time neutral but require staff to expend an allotment of time from their day to complete.

One needs to expend an awful lot of energy to hold onto anger and resentment.

Due to the pitiful numbers of support helicopters and Apaches needed to escort them, every day troops on the ground are forced to expend an enormous amount of hours and manpower just standing still.