exorbitant

Example Sentences

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Just as things start looking up, Amanda’s car is stolen, left in an illegal spot and towed, and the towing company slaps her with an exorbitant $21,000 bill for circumstances entirely out of her control.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

Lamenting the logistical nightmare, exorbitant costs and strain on working families, they offer tips and tricks for locking in sought-after sessions: Pay attention to countdown clocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Molten glass drops through chutes before being blown into bottles at manufacturer Encirc's northwest England plant, where intensive operations are under strain from exorbitant energy prices weighing on Britain's heavy industry.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

This exorbitant amount—one of many line items in the bill’s historic ramp-up of immigration enforcement funding—was considered an easy part of the bill to pass.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

Which seems to me, when I look about at my contemporary scene, no exorbitant gift from nature or circumstance to demand “Will you wait?”

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner