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
As all the colors for illumination must be made by similar tedious processes, it can be seen that unless there was a demand for such work it would not be thrifty to do it.
From In the Days of the Guild by Lamprey, Louise