Collocations for expensive - adj.
VERBS
be, look, prove, seem, sound
Her suit looked extremely expensive.
Her suit looked extremely expensive.
become, get
Holidays in this country are getting very expensive.
Holidays in this country are getting very expensive.
make sth
Adding these safety features would make the cars too expensive.
Adding these safety features would make the cars too expensive.
find sth
I found the food very expensive.
I found the food very expensive.
ADV.
amazingly, astronomically, enormously, exceedingly, extortionately, extremely, frighteningly, hideously, highly, horrendously, horribly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, inordinately, ludicrously, massively, outrageously, ridiculously, ruinously, terribly, vastly, very
Some of these legal cases are enormously expensive.
Some of these legal cases are enormously expensive.
impossibly, prohibitively
Giving every patient an annual anti-flu injection would be prohibitively expensive.
Giving every patient an annual anti-flu injection would be prohibitively expensive.
increasingly | a bit, comparatively, fairly, moderately, pretty, quite, rather, relatively | correspondingly
Walls are generally the greatest source of heat loss and correspondingly expensive to tackle.
Walls are generally the greatest source of heat loss and correspondingly expensive to tackle.
needlessly, unduly, unnecessarily | notoriously | obviously | discreetly
discreetly expensive perfume
discreetly expensive perfume