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

But the price she paid was exorbitant — in her words, a life “decimated by grief and loss and exile.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 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

Most small and intermediate-size companies can be accessed only through exorbitant fees such as the “2 and 20” for venture funds and the multilayer fees for funds of funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The letter is accompanied by another exorbitant amount of money, enough for Herr Thiessen to retire comfortably if he wished.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern