nonessentials

Example Sentences

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But when the nonessentials threaten to put your finances in jeopardy, it’s important to keep your financial goals on track.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2021

“All nonessentials have to leave immediately,” Dendejas told a visitor.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2020

U.S. retail sales fell a record 8.3 percent in March, then plunged 16.4 percent in April, according to Commerce Department data, as Americans stopped spending on clothing, furniture, housewares and other nonessentials.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2020

At T-minus 30 seconds, the spacecraft’s engines roared to life, and many of the nonessentials took off running out of the room and toward the exit — ‘‘seven, six, five.’’

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2017

Blunt, through lack of proper training, was making the grave mistake of using all his strength on what might be termed nonessentials.

From Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor by Standish, Burt L.