costing nothing

Example Sentences

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Ms. Edwards, a mother of three from Alabama, said the coins immediately caught her eye — and so did the price, with a single coin costing nothing but shipping and handling.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2022

The fix is simple, costing nothing more than a few minutes of engineer time, and the problem being addressed is real and immediate.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2015

Very often out of an old dyed dress, out of bits of tulle, lace, plush, and silk, costing nothing, perfect marvels were created, something bewitching—not a dress, but a dream.

From The Wife, and other stories by Garnett, Constance

Here is an incentive, more powerful and costing nothing.

From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Churchill, Winston

Nor should I complain," said she, still more resolutely, "if these same services could be rendered toilfully, but costing nothing of self-sacrifice in honorable feeling.

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James