be thrifty
Example Sentences
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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
Some of them may be thrifty 25-year-olds living in their old bedrooms while trying to save money for a down payment.
From Slate • Dec. 7, 2018
In other efforts to be thrifty, he pours used pasta water onto his garden, shares a bath with his wife and has replaced his lawn with crushed granite.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2015
Hampered by a $36 million salary cap penalty levied by the league in March 2012 and split evenly over the next two seasons, the Redskins were forced to be thrifty.
From Washington Times • Jan. 7, 2015
A. To show affection to him; order her household aright; be hospitable to guests; be chaste; be thrifty; show skill and diligence in all things.
From The Buddhist Catechism by Olcott, Henry Steel
