How To Use Thrifty In A Sentence

A bowl accompanied by a plate of three perogies, a scoop of mashed potatoes and a gob of the ubiquitous sour cream makes a filling, comforting and extremely thrifty supper.
I drove the ecocentric 104bhp BlueMotion, which was thrifty and yet remarkably perky. Car review: VW Golf Cabriolet
In one of his early sonnets, Shakespeare wittily turns such "unthrifty" wasting into economic malpractice: Me, Myself, and I
She is very resourceful and thrifty, but her face is always expressionless, except for an occasional look of fear.
His top thrifty tips include buying seasonal food in abundance when it is at its cheapest and freshest and freezing any excess. Times, Sunday Times

Such unthrifty Shih Tzu puppies may respond positively to a few milliliters of raw liver juice fed daily for their first few weeks.
We are not told that they are Scotch, endowed though they undoubtedly are with some of the canny and thrifty characteristics of the dwellers ayont the Tweed. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878
The Ford Mustang GT, the Ford Mustang coupe and the rally-style Subaru Impreza WRX are just some of the thrifty speedsters that give luxury coupes a run for their money. The Fastest Cars Under $30,000
But in other areas, she would seem to be thrifty to the point of stinginess.
In part, this has been due to thrifty continental consumers taking advantage of the weak pound to seek online bargains from British retailers. Times, Sunday Times
The thrifty Scot is well aware that some nifty wheeling and dealing has left him in a win-win situation.
The Scout Law declares a Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.
I also related my first experiment in the arboricultural line, when I cut from two thrifty rows of young cherry-trees any quantity of what I supposed to be ` suckers, 'or ` sprouts,' and was thereafter informed by my gardener that I had cut off all his grafts! '' Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum
The celosia for one (seed packet) and now I have dinner plate Dahlias about a foot and a half tall (tuber) bloom or not to bloom will tell the whole story of thrifty shopping. Tulips 2010 « Fairegarden
But for all her thrifty protests, it seems the odd extravagance does slip through the net. The Sun
Every weekend thousands of thrifty Yorkshire folk trek to windswept fields to rummage through boxes of junk in the hope of finding something special.
This shortens the life of blooms and makes the violet unthrifty.
People use the "family budget" analogy because we're supposed to respect the image of a thrifty, self-disciplined homestead. Richard (RJ) Eskow: The United States Isn't a Company and It Isn't a Family -- It's a Country.
Gradually it became the fashion in Humboldt to "unload" redwood timber-claims on thrifty, far-seeing, visionary John Cardigan who appeared to be always in the market for any claim worth while. The Valley of the Giants
Created by the founder of Le Cordon Bleu cookery school, Rosemary Hume – rather than her better-known business partner, celebrity florist Constance Spry, as is often claimed – poulet reine Elizabeth, as it was originally known, was a deliberate and tactful compromise between the luxurious and the thrifty for a country still under the dreary yoke of postwar rationing. How to cook perfect coronation chicken
Non-profit groups across the country say they are hurting from a recession-fueled decline in thrift store donations, and the pain is being passed down to thrifty shoppers, who increasingly rely on second-hand stores to stretch in hard times. Thrift stores struggle to stay open, fund programs
So there grew up three sorts of people, called the thrifty, the spendthrifts, and the misers. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks
If your grandfather, or great-grandfather, had been what is termed a thrifty and industrious man, working hard, living poor, working his wife and little ones in one long grind, all in order to save money to invest in business, you might now be a rich man; that is, supposing you were heir to their possessions. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg
He was a hardworking, frugal and thrifty man who was saving to buy a small cottage from his employer.
They have plenty of money now, but they still tend to be thrifty.
He failed in his malting business, was unthrifty and careless with money, and had, in fact, no liking for, or ability in, any business except politics.
There are crafty ways and means of being thrifty at university. Times, Sunday Times
Going Postal ai habbent red awl dat miny ov himz bukz cause ai getz mi bukz frum thrifty shopz…an peepulz dont giv himz bukz awai muches…but ai iz teh big fan….himz iz laff oawt loud funnee….noo roommy lukeded at me moar tanh a liddle funnee a cuppul ov tymes wiff diz buk…. You had a baby. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
That's all well and good, but the thing would cost some unthrifty soul at least $3,000.
We will be focussing on the forequarter, which lends itself to all kinds of delicious but thrifty recipes.
The cash-strapped collegian or the thrifty housewife would certainly understand this logic.
A discontented, lazy rabble who call the thrifty accommodations he rents them "broken down old shacks" in a "Potter's field" a typical anarchist-hippie move, disrespecting the man's good name. Doug Molitor: Doug's Dozen (VIDEO): 12 Reasons the G.O.P. Should Run Old Man Potter
The thrifty young student comes to campus in pursuit of knowledge, only be to led astray by casual sex, recreational drugs and the sweet aromas of the roasted coffee bean.
The result also reveals that kids from more well-off families tend to spend their money lavishly while those whose parents are unemployed are more thrifty.
He saw the saga of another thrifty and resourceful people who had thrown off the imperial yoke - of Spain, in this case - in the name of liberty.
I'm cheap (or rather thrifty and money smart), but a lot of cultures don't tip.
Non-profit groups across the country say they are hurting from a recession-fueled decline in thrift store donations, and the pain is being passed down to thrifty shoppers, who increasingly rely on second-hand stores to stretch in hard times. Thrift stores struggle to stay open, fund programs
The housewife of Jaffna, being thrifty, makes minimum use of ingredients to turn out simple, wholesome fare.
Even without this so-called thrifty gene, you'd face an uphill battle to stay trim. TIME.com: Top Stories
His top thrifty tips include buying seasonal food in abundance when it is at its cheapest and freshest and freezing any excess. Times, Sunday Times
The leaf man trough, meant to be a nice deep round hypertufa but most of the sides fell off from being unmolded too soon, is now home to miniature conifers, Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Pygmy’, Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana lutea’, silver Thymus ‘Heigh-Ho Silver’ and Armeria ‘Nifty Thrifty’. December Foliage « Fairegarden
It was said, too, that his living was riotous and unthrifty, which is, in part, the customary sin of soldiership. Rob of the bowl : a legend of St. Inigoe's,
Who would be thence that has the benefit of access? every wink of an eye some new grace will be born: our absence makes us unthrifty to our knowledge. The Winter’s Tale
The movement started in 2002 in Spain, where thrifty followers staged choreographed shopping-mall stunts like looting clothes from one store and returning them to another or wearing them back for flash fashion shows.
The knights in the old days were ordered by their code of rules to be thrifty, that is, to save money as much as possible in order to keep themselves and not to be a burden to others, and that they might have more to give away in charity. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns
To pay to get the harmful gas underground, you have to burn about one quarter more fuel, hardly a thrifty approach. Times, Sunday Times
Hip dysplasia is a malformation of the hip joint resulting in a unthrifty fit between the head of the femur bone and the hip socket, in which the femoral head normally lies.
As a result, the rich blink another time Heng Kong born, a simple and thrifty and the poorhouse so the annihilation.
In good soil and a partly shaded spot we have no handsomer plant in bloom than the tall bugbane (_Cimicifuga racemosa_); from a bunch of thrifty leaves arise a dozen scapes of racemes, creamy white, and six feet high. Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881
With mineral crystal lenses, hand-made titanium frames, and silicone nose and ear tips, these glasses aren't for the thrifty.
The sides of country roads where the abele has been planted are sometimes obstructed for a considerable distance by the thrifty shoots from underground. Handbook of the Trees of New England
Except for smoking and drinking, he is a thrifty man.
What was needed was the creation of the “sober, industrious, and thrifty” worker who rejected “riotous living,” “the display of enervating luxury,” and “the insane attempt to keep up appearances which are not legitimate.” A Renegade History of the United States
On small things I was thrifty enough; no expenditures on "carousing," flashy clothes, or any of the other indulgences that are often smugly believed to undermine the budgets of the poor. Nickel and Dimed
(Soundbite of music) NORRIS: Now, Dorie's version of hachis parmentier is both thrifty and somewhat posh. How To Cook French, With Shortcuts
My dad had a thrifty approach to holidays. Times, Sunday Times
The thrifty genotype hypothesis and its implications for the study of complex disorders in man.
We could not have been called a thrifty nation before the war -- we are much more thrifty now, in many ways, though there are still things we could learn. Women and War Work
He was brought up to be thrifty and never to get into debt.
She and her husband had an ailing child, born healthy but then turned puny and unthrifty. Sick Cycle Carousel
But the Reverend Hanbury was beset by aggressive and cold-hearted neighbors, among them two strange old "gentlewomen," Mistress Pickering and Mistress Byrd, who malevolently ordered their cattle to be turned loose into his first plantation of twenty thousand young and thrifty trees. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864
This humdrum tool of grandmother's thrifty cooking is resurrected with an amazing amount of glamour. Times, Sunday Times
The prompt Paris morning struck its cheerful notes -- in a soft breeze and a sprinkled smell, in the light flit, over the garden-floor, of bareheaded girls with the buckled strap of oblong boxes, in the type of ancient thrifty persons basking betimes where terrace-walls were warm, in the blue-frocked brass-labelled officialism of humble rakers and scrapers, in the deep references of a straight-pacing priest or the sharp ones of a white-gaitered red-legged soldier. The Ambassadors
Encourage others to be inventive and thrifty, which is how you must be. Latest News - UPI.com
The university is gaining widespread recognition for the quality of that education, but thrifty education shoppers have known this since before the days of the GI bill, when veterans lived in shanties where Cassell Coliseum now stands. Waldo Jaquith - Four scenes from Virginia Tech.
Billed by its advocates as the best-kept secret on the internet, search-engine marketing has become the medium of choice for thrifty marketeers.
But for all her thrifty protests, it seems the odd extravagance does slip through the net. The Sun
But the licence-fee payers thought he had been thrifty and wise. Times, Sunday Times
Remove and burn plants with knotted roots or unthrifty plants with extensive root decay.
Despite being a famously fastidious dresser, the Prince has long had a thrifty approach to his wardrobe. Times, Sunday Times
There are crafty ways and means of being thrifty at university. Times, Sunday Times
Trees of this variety are now growing at Beltsville, Md., and at Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Ill. GRUNDY -- The Grundy black walnut originated with a thrifty young seedling owned by Mr. John Rohwer, Grundy Center, Iowa. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934
So even thrifty patients are joining the ranks of the one-fifth of Americans who currently cannot afford what their doctors prescribe and are forced to skip doses, or entire prescriptions, in order to make ends meet.
This all fits the new thrifty, green vibe that is in the air. Times, Sunday Times
The vocabulary of generating and creating jobs out of unthrifty behavior sounds to noneconomists tough and prudential and quantitative.
She named an amount of money for this service which my thrifty husband felt was ridiculous.
Plastic bottles can also prove very useful in the thrifty container garden. Times, Sunday Times
a sprinkled smell, in the light flit, over the garden-floor, of bareheaded girls with the buckled strap of oblong boxes, in the type of ancient thrifty persons basking betimes where terrace-walls were warm, in the blue-frocked brass-labelled officialism of humble rakers and scrapers, in the deep references of a straight-pacing priest or the sharp ones of a white-gaitered red-legged soldier. The Ambassadors
Plastic bottles can also prove very useful in the thrifty container garden. Times, Sunday Times
From advice to housewives on the importance of preserving kitchen waste to the announcement of an ice cream ban in 1942, the book gives a taste of the thrifty war years.
There is no haggling, but why be thrifty over cured reindeer meat, heaps of cloudberries, lingonberries and baskets of wild mushrooms?
In this unthrifty off-season, ‘steal’ isn't the proper word to use, but the few reasonable deals stand out as bargains.
There are also discounts available for the thrifty to holders of American Express cards.
Would the relevant ancestors have been thrifty ants, squirrels and bees rather than the profligate grasshoppers and elephant seals appealed to here?
Thrifty Payless Inc., the largest drugstore chain in the West, operates 1, 048 stores in 11 Western states.
Similarly, straw bales can be used to make a thrifty hot frame that will act like a mini greenhouse. Times, Sunday Times
Also, since the 50% figure is assessed across the field of your investments, this suits thrifty savers with a huge and multifarious pension pot, not the buy-to-let landlady with a couple of properties.
A baby conceived during a famine, for example, might learn to be "thrifty," hoarding every calorie and packing on fat rather than muscle, even at the expense of developing vital organs, such as the kidneys, liver and brain. Aging well starts in womb, as mom's choices affect whole life
Dewar, who came to embody the thrifty character of the nation, had a vision which is encapsulated in those first six sonorous words.
Symptoms may not be dramatic early in the spring; plants may just look slightly yellow and appear unthrifty.
Part of the “Thrifty Fun” web site, Gardening With Kids is packed with helpful suggestions and ideas to interest and involve young people in gardening such as giving kids their own space, using kid sized tools using child friendly themes. New on the Net May 2009-Goldsmith
If people tend to be thrifty and to save their money, there is no guarantee that the money saved will be invested to further the economic prosperity of the country.
The primary goals of most forest management plans are to grow healthy, thrifty trees and also to remove the defective, diseased trees - replacing them with healthy vigorous ones.
More expensive water will provide an incentive to be more thrifty in how it is used.
Jackie sees the comedy in her millionaire husband's thrifty habits.
The latest bid dwarfs the up to $51 a share merger agreement that was rejected in September by Dollar Thrifty shareholders—many of whom were hedge funds and merger arbitrageurs hoping for Avis Budget Group Inc. to increase a competing bid it had made months before. Hertz Raises Offer for Dollar
‘Through the years we were very thrifty and spent and invested wisely,’ she says.
In addition to these named varieties I have a number of seedling black walnuts, butternuts and heartnuts, which I hope to topwork to named varieties; also two seedling pecans which are making surprisingly good, thrifty growth. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947
He was a hardworking, frugal and thrifty man who was saving to buy a small cottage from his employer.
(When Khadra was alive, this was our song.) that the Yarn Harlot (a lucky Canadian) speaks out about United States bullsh*t lessons in thrifty chic reminders to spend more time in Brooklyn good service from the USPS (going AND coming) compliments on my workspace Archive 2009-07-01
Washing for gold supports the inhabitants of numerous hovels, scattered along the sides of each little rivulet; but, like all those whose gains are uncertain, they are unthrifty in their habits, and consequently poor. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
But tell me, Tribune, you who are a notable casuist, which is the best for a state -- that its governor should be over-thrifty or over-lavish? Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes
He drew only Panurge aside, and then, making to him a sweet remonstrance and mild admonition, very gently represented before him in strong arguments, that, if he should continue in such an unthrifty course of living, and not become a better mesnagier, it would prove altogether impossible for him, or at least hugely difficult, at any time to make him rich. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
Toby was said to be the most thrifty and "forehanded" darkey in the settlement. True To His Colors
Janet is a dear soul and very nicelooking; tall, but not over-tall; stoutish, yet with a certain restraint of outline suggestive of a thrifty soul who is not going to be overlavish even in the matter of avoirdupois. Anne of the Island
O-lan is plain looking, dull, and slow, but she is hard working, thrifty, and resourceful.
More expensive water will provide an incentive to be more thrifty in how it is used.
Avis Budget vowed not to let Hertz carjack Dollar Thrifty, but its own offer still has a whiff of grand theft auto about it. Thrifty Rivals Know Value of Dollar
The leaf man trough, meant to be a nice deep round hypertufa but most of the sides fell off from being unmolded too soon, is now home to miniature conifers, Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Pygmy’, Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana lutea’, silver Thymus ‘Heigh-Ho Silver’ and Armeria ‘Nifty Thrifty’. December Foliage « Fairegarden
However, this thrifty genotype hypothesis is not considered a sufficient explanation for the post-World War II rise in diabetes prevalence among the Pimas and other Native American groups.
To send away another man, were to harass the sentinels to death — unthrifty misuse for a household. The Abbot
There was the dark fine bright red of some pepperidges shewing behind the green of an unchanged maple; near by stood another maple the leaves of which were all seemingly withered, a plain reddish light wood-colour; while below its withered foliage a thrifty poison sumach wreathing round its trunk and lower branches, was in a beautiful confusion of fresh green and the orange and red changes, yet but just begun. The Hills of the Shatemuc
Plastic bottles can also prove very useful in the thrifty container garden. Times, Sunday Times
He was a hardworking, frugal and thrifty man who was saving to buy a small cottage from his employer.
Living on imported food was not a thrifty way to spend money.
thrifty because they remember the great Depression
If you are thrifty it is worth collecting small yoghurt pots or plastic cups. Planning the Organic Vegetable Garden
Lesson No 3: thrifty living means getting closer to your neighbourhood.
He promoted Ismail as “a thrifty saving landlord who looked after every piaster.” Three Empires on the Nile
Except for smoking and drinking, he is a thrifty man.
Despite meagre wages she had been thrifty and had saved money towards going to Chiang Mai University, gaining her teaching degree in 1976.
This casual private intercourse with Israel, but served to manifest him in his far lesser lights; thrifty, domestic, dietarian, and, it may be, didactically waggish. Israel Potter
Now a thrifty shopper reports a sighting of those very same memoirs at Poundland. Times, Sunday Times
O-lan is plain looking, dull, and slow, but she is hard working, thrifty, and resourceful.
One's daily ration of calories refusing to go into the whole issue of overeating/overnutrition for the purposes of this discussion can just as easily be obtained by home cooking of thrifty supermarket purchases as it can by patronizing gourmet restaurants seven days a week. Archive 2007-04-01
Max Magni, who leads McKinsey's consumer goods practice in Greater China, said this pragmatic, thrifty trait was unique to China and deeply engrained in the culture.
Needle skills were admired in ladies of leisure - matrons of means, nuns, and thrifty housewives - but not in women who had to support themselves.
People who save see others as wasteful while people who spend see others as thrifty.
She has been provident since she was young, so she is thrifty in shopping.
Being thrifty with his money is not something the Bond star is renowned for.
A farmer in Indiana left his valuable farm in trust to his unthrifty son, to go to his granddaughter on her twenty-first birthday. Old MacDonald Had a Cow ... and a Granddaughter

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