Sentence example with the word 'costlier'

costlier

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Provincetown village was long second only to Gloucester in the cod fisheries, which low prices and the introduction of larger vessels and correspondingly costlier fittings have greatly 1 Sulla excluded the equites from the list; the lex Aurelia (70) reinstated them.   [Please select]

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And as he had said in soliloquy, the cotton prints of gaudy patterns satisfied the cupidity of his red-skinned companions, leaving to himself and his confidential friend the costlier fabrics of silken sheen.   [Please select]

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Then a great murmuring arose, and many spoke, some for costlier gifts, some for war; and the fearful counselled patience and submission.   [Please select]

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I'll warrant no rarer or costlier garment was ever exposed to lead on a bleak winter hill.'   [Please select]

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So they fawned on the shrewd despoiler instead, and curried favor by bringing his wife fruits and sweets, with something costlier hidden in the oranges or sugar drops.   [Please select]

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