frugal

Example Sentences

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So much aspirational frugal cooking quietly assumes you have endless time, energy and executive function to devote to homemade bread, all-day braises and deeply involved kitchen projects.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

When the frugal couple retired early, the relationship broke down.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

What people should know about me is I am a quite frugal person,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

A year on, much of the planned $584 billion infrastructure plan remains unspent, locked behind bureaucratic bottlenecks set up to guard against excessive spending in the notoriously frugal country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

“If we are frugal, the money from the mines will eventually be enough to pay her school fees, Alhaji,” my mother said.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince