"costly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

costly adjetivo

costly + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 119
costly mistake • costly war • costly battle • costly program • costly process • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
(10) disaster, problem, distraction
Kolokacji: 3
(13) delay, disruption
Kolokacji: 2
(14) treatment, drug, intervention
Kolokacji: 3
(16) penalty, incentive, benefit
Kolokacji: 3
(17) gift, acquisition, subsidy
Kolokacji: 3
(19) measure, step, weapon
Kolokacji: 3
(20) hurricane, tornado
Kolokacji: 2
1. costly hurricane = kosztowny huragan costly hurricane
  • The latter became the costliest hurricane in Maine's history.
  • Only ten days later, Edna became the costliest hurricane in Maine's history.
  • About a third of the damage occurred in Maine, becoming the costliest hurricane on record in the state.
  • The name was used on a costly hurricane that caused over $3 billion in damage and many deaths in 1972.
  • Katrina is already the most costly hurricane ever.
  • At the time, Juan was the 8th costliest hurricane in history, and is currently the 24th.
  • Causing $32 billion in damage, it is the third most costly hurricane in United States history.
  • Wilma is also the costliest hurricane in Mexican history.
  • So now it is about the sixth costliest hurricane in the United States.
  • Yet after being hit by the most costly hurricane in history, it, too, has made a remarkable comeback.
2. costly tornado = kosztowne tornado costly tornado
(21) strike, assault, storm
Kolokacji: 3
(22) solution, method
Kolokacji: 2
(23) trial, experiment
Kolokacji: 2
(24) affair, race
Kolokacji: 2
(26) bureaucracy, machine
Kolokacji: 2
(27) dispute, jewel, gem
Kolokacji: 3
(28) import, consequence
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + costly
Kolokacji: 4
prove costly • become costly • grow costly • consider costly
adverbio + costly
Kolokacji: 19
most costly • extremely costly • potentially costly • far more costly • increasingly costly • ...
costly + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
costly for • costly to • costly in

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