Sample Sentences for
frugal
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  • They're so frugal with things here, waste is practically a criminal activity.  (source)
    frugal = careful to avoid waste
  • ...they dared not make more than a frugal supper.  (source)
    frugal = small (avoiding waste)
  • by being frugal and stashing it away...  (source)
    frugal = careful not to waste
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  • You know how frugal he is.  (source)
    frugal = tends to avoid waste
  • My father's dislike of Baba's frugality has made him a very generous man both materially and in spirit.  (source)
    frugality = trait of avoiding waste
  • The truest happiness, he said, lay in working hard and living frugally.  (source)
    frugally = without waste or luxury
  • He has his routines and his frugalities.†  (source)
  • Be more frugal.  (source)
    frugal = careful to avoid waste
  • Because of my mother's frugality, our financial situation had gradually improved.†  (source)
  • Living was easy in France then; with the exchange as it was, my allowance went a long way and I did not live frugally.†  (source)
  • He questioned M. Nioche about his own manner of life, and felt a friendly mixture of compassion and respect over the recital of his delicate frugalities.†  (source)
  • My parents were frugal.  (source)
    frugal = avoided waste
  • My father always said that frugality was the key—his father had managed to save money on machinery, and when the acreage came on the market, they could afford to pay a dollar more per acre for it.†  (source)
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