Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice

Usage examples of costing.

That act of treachery against the evil drow had brought severe repercussions, costing Drizzfs family the favor of Lloth, and, in the end, costing Zak'nafein, Drizzt's father, his life.

She would have to come up with a creative punishment for the mercenary leader, of course, one that would let Jarlaxle know the depth of her dismay without costing her a valuable ally.

It seems as if he has some unfinished business with Drizzt Do'Urden, and that uncertainty is costing me precious time with him.

Since the son-in-law was managing the ranches, the work was costing less, and the people working more diligently.

Don Marcelo began to complain of the cramped space in an apartment costing twenty-eight thousand francs a year — in reality large enough for a family four times the size of his.

Before an exquisite blonde piece of lace, centuries old, picked up at auction, she made a wry face, saying, “I would much rather have had a new dress costing three hundred francs.

In order that he might not take her for a mere middleclass woman like the other guests at the senator’s party, she spoke of her modistes, all from the rue de la Paix, declaring gravely that no woman who had any self-respect could possibly walk through the streets wearing a gown costing less than eight hundred francs, and that the hat of a thousand francs — but a few years ago, an astonishing novelty — was nowadays a very ordinary affair.

A man who wanted to become a consul had to put on a gladiatorial show costing thousands of pounds.

Since everyone believed literally in the picture of the afterlife described in Dante, with each minor sin costing, perhaps, a century in Purgatory, most people felt that indulgences were a good bargain.

Stan Marat had already estimated that the work to produce the newly modified EL-3 on a quantity production run with the new specs might be one thousand more than they were costing them now.

But remember, letting you keep your pension is costing me a lot more money than it would if I just arranged an `accident' and had one of our armed security guards put a nine-millimeter hole in your head while `mistaking' you as an intruder.

Livak’s face was pale and set and I knew just what it must be costing her to come face to face with the Elietimm magic that had tortured her so foully before.

The costings, the estimated time, the returns, the - " "The people," Rankin cut in.

Our market costings include items like transportation of raw materials once they're landed from MAMP.

Do you want me to prepare the whole project from start to finish, with estimated costings and time schedule?