Expending [verb]

The house had a large yard, and by expending a small amount of money was made very attractive.

The storm had now rotated to the west, and was expending its fury upon the barricades of the two Douvres.

And, therefore, I would not discourage anyone in expending whatever thought and labour might be in him upon any literary work.

It was only a portion of this wealth that they were expending in the manufacture of armament.

For what greater pleasure is there than in expending one's natural energies under pleasant conditions?

Even victory would be contrary to Wellington's principle of not expending a British soldier unless for an adequate end.

Anchor your thoughts upon the service of Our Lady, while he is expending in vain his heretical sophistry.

As for the sums we were expending, they were insignificant when compared with the objects we had in view.

The trouble had been that the people were all asleep, while I was there in the early morning expending my breath for nothing.

He is expending the most enormous sums to surpass everything of the kind hitherto seen.