spendthrift

Example Sentences

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But this past year exposed spendthrifts who had the means to do better with their finances.

From Washington Post

The hardest parts of the pandemic will pass, but the question is whether consumers will return to their spendthrift ways — revolving high-interest credit card debt.

From Washington Post

Coupled with the Federal Reserve’s ultralow interest rates, Washington’s spendthrift ways could send prices soaring.

From Washington Post

I was a careless dishwasher and a laundry spendthrift, oblivious to the expense of each laundromat visit.

From New York Times

For those spendthrifts whose incomes weren’t affected by the coronavirus crisis, the pandemic pause created an opportunity for them to change their ways.

From Washington Post