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
By 1935, even the chairman of something called the National Thrift Committee admitted there was “no use talking thrift to persons who had nothing to be thrifty with.”
From Slate • Dec. 16, 2015
True, O Sir Time Lock, but when the gods would be thrifty they give their money away.
From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey