kosztowny in English:

Salt was a rare and costly commodity in ancient times.

Fast cars are usually costly.

He made many costly purchases.

It is costly and politically difficult to continue this conflict.

The Japanese distribution system, characterized by layers of wholesale, is complex and costly.

It had been very costly in lives, money, and supplies.

Is eating healthy more costly?

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.

In this democratic age of ours men clamour for what is popularly considered the best, regardless of their feelings. They want the costly, not the refined; the fashionable, not the beautiful.

Why did you get such a costly dictionary?

This computer will prove costly in the long run.

The broccoli is either costly or of poor quality.

The project was far to costly to be carried out, and eventually had to be called off.

She has a lot of costly ideas concerning ideal design

With his income, he cannot afford the costly dinners.

They're a little on the pricey side, but well worth the cost.

That jacket's a bit pricey!

That pair of trousers is a bit pricey, I wouldn’t pay so much for them.

This food processor is ever so pricey - I won't buy it.

The clothes are beautiful but very pricey.

It was a bit pricey – the bill was higher than we’d expected.

Making drugs cheaper doesn't always require pricey investments.

For an occasional weekend trip out of town, car rental agencies provided a reasonable—if somewhat pricey—solution.

"What are you doing in the pricey and of the planet?"

It's too expensive!

Expensive meals can't compensate for lack of sleep.

It will make most Americans uncomfortable if you insist on their accepting expensive gifts.

We ate a delicious steak dinner at a very expensive restaurant.

An expensive watch is not necessarily a good one.

I always buy a top quality product even if it is slightly more expensive.

Keeping up with the Joneses is expensive in rich town like Beverly Hills.

Expensive things often prove more economical in the long run.

The expensive machine turned out to be of no use.

What a waste to buy such an expensive machine even though he doesn't even know how to use computers.

Yoshio said he would pay as much as 15000 yen for a new pair of basketball shoes, but I thought that was quite expensive.

Unfortunately the expensive automobile that I purchased last week has broken down.

He decided not to buy the house, because in the first place it was too expensive, and in the second place it was too far from his office.

Soft wool is more expensive than coarse wool and both are superior to synthetics made of nylon.

And not only that, the goods in the company shop were usually more expensive than elsewhere.