Sentence examples for were pricey from inspiring English sources
adjective
Expensive, dear.
Clothing was also popular, up 17% on last year, as were pricey handbags, up 37%.
Except for the pants, which were pricey, it's a total econo-outfit.
He said Ocado's association with the upmarket grocery chain Waitrose might have created the idea that its products were pricey.
The belts were pricey as well as bothersome to replace, and by the day's end she must have gone through a dozen – even after repeatedly caressing the whole floor on her hands and knees, checking every square inch for extrusions.
Moreover, with Renault factories running at low capacity, cars were pricey; the slightest market downturn led to losses, as happened in 1996, three years after the Volvo breakup, when Renault had a net loss of just over $1 billion.
The old rule of thumb was that emerging markets were pricey when they traded at a higher multiple of profits than their developed counterparts, as they did in 1999 and 2007 just before sharp falls in prices.
