Sample Sentences for
incidental
(editor-reviewed)

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She requested reimbursement of $10 for incidental expenses.
incidental = minor expenses (that are not specifically described)
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You'll have other responsibilities incidental to the job.
incidental = coming with, but less important than the main thing
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Incidentally, I finished The Fountainhead. (source)
Incidentally = of something that comes with something else, but is less important than it

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But consider the waste in time and energy incidental to making ten thousand varieties of a thing for purposes of ostentation and snobbishness, where one variety would do for use! (source) Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906
incidental = something that comes with something else, but is less important than the main thing
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"Incidental?" asked Strigan, disbelieving.† (source) Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice, 2013
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On these occasions, a human audience was welcome, but entirely incidental.† (source)

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Incidentally, I've got a new find for you.† (source) Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park, 1993
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Promise me—incidental to the issue—Anglo-Saxon—dirty word—Childe Roland.† (source) Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman, 2015
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There was no need to present a credit card; ISIS had already paid for her room charges and incidentals.† (source) Daniel Silva, The Black Widow, 2016
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A sign, incidentally, that just happens to have been made by a gorilla?† (source)
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He also composed music for children, incidental music for radio plays, and more film scores.† (source) Wladyslaw Szpilman, The Pianist, 1998
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Some of the nominees had declined the offer for lack of interest or because they could not afford the $800 that being a debutante would cost, including the entrance fee, the price of a gown, the expense of hosting a social event, and incidentals.† (source)
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Incidentally, we don't mind being called greaser by another greaser.† (source) S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders, 1967
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His being Jewish was incidental and had never before interfered with what he did or who he befriended.† (source)
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The privileges affected by these classifications included visits and letters, studies, and the opportunity to buy groceries and incidentals—all of which are the lifeblood of any prisoner.† (source)
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The one, incidentally, we still have and use.† (source)

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Sample Sentences forincidental (editor-reviewed)