Costliest is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Costliest meaning
superlative form of costly: most costly
Using Costliest
- The main meaning on this page is: superlative form of costly: most costly
- In the example corpus, costliest often appears in combinations such as: the costliest, and costliest, costliest natural.
Context around Costliest
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 14 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Costliest
- In this selection, "costliest" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, third, fourth, year, natural and labor stand out and add context to how "costliest" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include was the costliest natural disaster and affected the costliest outbreak with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "costliest" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with costliest
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hawaii is the costliest, at 56 cents. (7 words)
It was the costliest natural disaster in world history. (9 words)
The flooding of 2021 was the costliest weather event in provincial history. (12 words)
The Uttar Pradesh government has allocated Rs 4,200 crore for the Kumbh Mela being held in the ‘sangam’ city of Allahabad, which is over thrice the budget of the Maha Kumbh in 2013, making the mega pilgrimage perhaps the costliest ever. (42 words)
CTA Completes New $280 Million 95th Street Red Line StationThe new northern terminal of the 95th Street Red Line station opened on Friday, wrapping up the most extensive and costliest station renovation project ever for the CTA. (37 words)
The AP analysis shows buyouts have been getting more expensive, with many of the costliest coming in the last decade after strong storms pounded heavily populated coastal states such as Texas, New York and New Jersey. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to Kapnick, the U.S. had its third-costliest year for weather and climate-related disasters on record, exceeding $165 billion in damage.
And always think about how much money you're spending on household appliances is ranked one of the costliest, after the shower, heating and a fan-assisted oven.
April floods in South Africa were the costliest on record for the country, with an estimated $1.8 billion in insured losses.
Hawaii is the costliest, at 56 cents.
In 1985, coal miners in Britain ended a yearlong strike, the longest and costliest labor dispute in British history.
Lack of literacy is one of the biggest and costliest problems in our technologically advanced society.
Ranked in 15th place, Dubai is the costliest city in the Middle East.
The 2016 wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alta., resulted in inflation-adjusted insured losses of $4.4 billion and was the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history.
The flooding of 2021 was the costliest weather event in provincial history.
The state earned a top composite score of 82.97 in the study, solidifying its position as the costliest state for healthcare services.
This fourfold difference from the least expensive metro area to the costliest is far wider than the cost of living generally.
It was the costliest natural disaster in world history.
Louisiana is among the costliest states for insurance because of its abnormally high rate of underinsured and uninsured drivers.
Multiple severe weather events affected ; the costliest outbreak – with primary hazards comprising hail, straight-line winds, and isolated tornadoes – occurred on with widespread impacts from the Rockies into the Midwest.
CTA Completes New $280 Million 95th Street Red Line StationThe new northern terminal of the 95th Street Red Line station opened on Friday, wrapping up the most extensive and costliest station renovation project ever for the CTA.
Irma and Maria caused $50bn and $90bn worth of damages, respectively, and contributed to the costliest year in US history for weather related damages.
Irvine residents suffer the fourth-costliest commutes among the nation’s largest cities, according to one intriguing metric.
The AP analysis shows buyouts have been getting more expensive, with many of the costliest coming in the last decade after strong storms pounded heavily populated coastal states such as Texas, New York and New Jersey.
The Uttar Pradesh government has allocated Rs 4,200 crore for the Kumbh Mela being held in the ‘sangam’ city of Allahabad, which is over thrice the budget of the Maha Kumbh in 2013, making the mega pilgrimage perhaps the costliest ever.
Akshay Kumar, Rajinikanth, Amy Jackson & a whole lot of VFX – it’s the costliest film of India and we can’t wait to see where all that 500 crores have been invested too.
Common combinations with costliest
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: