be thrifty
Example Sentences
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Two cost of living fairs in a county aimed to lift "the taboo of wanting to save money and to be thrifty", said their organiser.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025
Parents have reason to be thrifty this year.
From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2022
They also portrayed him as a libertarian who dislikes government regulation and who can be thrifty to a fault.
From The New Yorker • May 7, 2019
I took a huge pay cut in order to care for my children, and I’m happy to be thrifty because of what it means for my babies.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2016
Carlyle tells us that the young prince was nourished on beer soup, and that every hour of his life he was taught to be thrifty, active, and exact in everything that he did.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by Parrott, James Edward