Sentence examples for were expended from inspiring English sources

A lot of man-hours were expended on constructing this route, well over a century ago.

And with each failed campaign, vast sums were expended, and the empire was further weakened.

For this reason, tremendous efforts were expended in recent years to develop micro-/nano fabrication techniques.

But no taxpayer dollars were expended in the attempt to put together a New Mitt.

Hundreds of thousands of lives were expended, and the elements were as sure a killer as any of the munitions.

Consequently, substantial efforts were expended to reduce this work load and at the same time improve quality.

"We were expending a lot of energy," Ewing said.

"Most of our energy is expended talking," Delaney says.

Much energy is expended in getting him to the seat.

Ever larger amounts of time are expended commuting.

Effort and other resources must be expended on it.