Below you will find example sentences with "spend less". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Spend Less in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: less
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.8 words

Words in this phrase

spend less

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • spend can mean: To pay out (money). Frequent word
  • less can mean: comparative degree of little Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

try to spend less than eight 2× americans spend less time and 1× and you spend less time on 1× expected to spend less than usual 1× help you spend less or make 1× if you spend less than 15 1× inflation people spend less money buy 1× less and spend less meaning price 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a possible explanation 1× americans spend less 1× by automating onboarding 1× children have less 1× community organizers argue 1× fewer cars means 1×

Common sentence endings:

beings in history 1× heating and cooling 1× ideally cost less 1× in the hospital 1× like climbing trees 1× of a budget 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

money 6× people 4× road 3× day 3× don 3× per 3× get 3× try 2× eight 2× hours 2× expected 2× need 2×

Related phrases

less attractive less expensive less frequent less money less likely slightly less becomes less less stable less successful significantly less

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around less:

less money 11× less likely 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

speed test speed limits speed limit speech recognition specifically designed specific impulse

Just after it in the phrase index:

spending cuts spin group spiritual development spiritual journey spoken language spoken word

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

slightly less becomes less significantly less earning less producing less

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "spend less" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as try to spend less than eight, americans spend less time and, money, people and road stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with less attractive, less expensive, less frequent, less money and less likely, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with spend less

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Spend Mart, where you spend less. (6 words)

I don't personally think we need to spend more money, we need to spend less. (16 words)

Americans spend less time and less money on basic sustenance than any human beings in history. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

People expect that the following year is going to be also a plus 5% that you have got a war, you have got inflation, people spend less money, buy less product, you expect have promotions, you don’t have promotions. (40 words)

Independent film distributors, which typically spend less than $10 million in media buys per film, don’t have the budget or breadth of advertising materials to analyze, so they spend little or nothing on pre-release audience research. (38 words)

Part of the huge discrepancy comes down to lifestyle, with those looking for a “modest” retirement opting to rule out overseas holidays, eat out at restaurants less often, and spend less on heating and cooling. (35 words)

Question examples

If it doesn’t help you spend less or make money management less stressful, then what is the purpose of a budget? (22 words)

How are you able to drive revenue, increase profits and spend less on content at the same time? (18 words)

Exclamation examples

Among them, he writes, kids spend less time playing with each other, less time taking physical risks (like climbing trees! (20 words)

Example sentences (20)

Try to spend less than eight hours on the road each day, and if one day goes longer than expected, try to spend less than eight hours on the road the next day.

I don't personally think we need to spend more money, we need to spend less.

In its survey of 1749 people, Newgate found 37 per cent expected to spend less than usual on gifts and entertainment, with just 13 per cent saying they would spend more.

A possible explanation for the correlation is indirect: Those who spend more time playing video games are likely to spend less time exercising, thus weighing more.

There's no minimum spend — in fact, if you spend less than £15, you get your money back.

Spend Mart, where you spend less.

Independent film distributors, which typically spend less than $10 million in media buys per film, don’t have the budget or breadth of advertising materials to analyze, so they spend little or nothing on pre-release audience research.

Americans spend less time and less money on basic sustenance than any human beings in history.

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Part of the huge discrepancy comes down to lifestyle, with those looking for a “modest” retirement opting to rule out overseas holidays, eat out at restaurants less often, and spend less on heating and cooling.

People expect that the following year is going to be also a plus 5% that you have got a war, you have got inflation, people spend less money, buy less product, you expect have promotions, you don’t have promotions.

The whole idea of putting the interest rate up is to get us to spend less, so there’s more supply, and things (ideally) cost less.

This makes it more expensive to borrow money and theoretically encourages people to borrow less and spend less, meaning price rises should ease.

Among them, he writes, kids spend less time playing with each other, less time taking physical risks (like climbing trees!

Fewer cars means less congestion, so delivery trucks, industrial vehicles and other cars left on the road will spend less time idling and move more efficiently, reducing their emissions, too, he said.

If it doesn’t help you spend less or make money management less stressful, then what is the purpose of a budget?

Community organizers argue that local officials and police officers care less about the deaths of black children, leading police to spend less effort in trying to solve the cases.

It is true, of course, that the British spend less than Americans on health care – and, of course, they get less.

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How are you able to drive revenue, increase profits and spend less on content at the same time?

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