Examples of 'came at the expense' in a sentence

Meaning of "came at the expense"

came at the expense - This phrase implies that something was achieved or obtained, but it required a sacrifice or had a negative consequence.

How to use "came at the expense" in a sentence

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came at the expense
But this protection came at the expense of efficiency.
This came at the expense of a rapid buildup of debt, and a deteriorating external balance.
But their defiance came at the expense of cohesion.
It came at the expense of 99 other things.
High crop yields often came at the expense of soil health.
This came at the expense of several other currencies.
But rights activists say that came at the expense of civil liberties.
This came at the expense of the students he deemed unworthy.
Much of this market penetration came at the expense of the domestic industry.
Which came at the expense of people I loved. My safety.
Obviously her freedom from being raped came at the expense of his life.
This all came at the expense of the environment.
Marx said that the wealth of the capitalists came at the expense of the workers.
They came at the expense of.
The solitary victory on that occasion came at the expense of the Russians.

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This all came at the expense of the individual republics.
Thanks for the laugh but I am sorry it came at the expense of your frustrations.
The gains came at the expense of small and midsize cars.
I still did well in school, but it came at the expense of true learning.
His success came at the expense of his weakened and deeply divided party.
Others, however, argued that the focus on identity came at the expense of the story.
These effects came at the expense of live singing.
Well, never mind the fact that the news came at the expense of your family.
These benefits came at the expense of a greater initial purchase cost and higher fuel consumption.
Fitzgerald 's writing pursuits at Princeton came at the expense of his coursework.
Often it came at the expense of the Bedouin lands.
Perhaps the biggest lesson, though, came at the expense of my ego.
And it came at the expense of the dollar and Treasuries.
The rise of regional party representation came at the expense of that of government ministries.
The high budget cost came at the expense of weakening France 's conventional military capabilities.
Another notable achievement this year came at the expense of AT & T 's HBO.
However, this came at the expense of his marriage to Phyllis which began falling apart.
The coldest power-play in Obamacare came at the expense of the elderly!
This promotion came at the expense of other clubs, most notably Arsenal 's arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
Erstand is his Wellingtons came at the expense of my lobster.
The 'virtual learning' came at the expense of working parents, but especially the students themselves.
Other territories the English conquered came at the expense of other nations or aboriginals.
However, this came at the expense of power against the V10 cars.
But I became aware that the excitement came at the expense of clarity and accurate timbres.
His best line came at the expense of his wife.
The powers given to the PSC came at the expense of the Politburo.
The new features came at the expense of some older ones.
When they did arrive, they came at the expense of the other.
That civic agenda came at the expense of the military.
Ironically, Regent's gain came at the expense of Cumulus.
And all of this came at the expense of the rest of my body.
However, these advances came at the expense of civil liberties.
This decision came at the expense of King and his work.
All 4 of Brownsville 's wins came at the expense of Saltillo.
However, this came at the expense of their holidays.

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