pay

Example Sentences

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I would have to pay someone—pay someone!—to cart my stuff to the town dump, an insult-on-top-of-injury that I just couldn’t abide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

People had mortgages to pay and stuff like that and I didn't understand that because I'd just been playing reserve-team football and playing games where I could win 5-0 or lose 5-0, it didn't matter.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

And the bigger the scene gets, the more people can fit under the umbrella, and pay their rent and live a successful life doing what they love.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

The fact that you’ve continued to pay your loans suggests you understand that, in the long run, it’s the smart thing to do.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

I’m outside, too, carried out by the Hecht’s throng, holding wrapped-paper parcels in my arms that I’m vaguely aware I didn’t pay for.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse