THRIFT in a Sentence
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Example sentences for THRIFT, such as:
1. Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at this unexpected thrift and caution.
2. The rich would have spoken on the value of thrift, and the idle grown eloquent over the dignity of labour.
2. The rich would have spoken on the value of thrift, and the idle grown eloquent over the dignity of labour.
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Meanings and Examples of THRIFT
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thrift
n. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
n. any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
Classic Sentence:
1 In the pursuit of which, by thrift and management, I might reasonably expect, in about two hundred years, to be the wealthiest man in the kingdom.
2 Rene was managing it with true French thrift and Grandpa Merriwether, glad to escape from his chimney corner, was driving Rene's pie wagon.
3 The rich would have spoken on the value of thrift, and the idle grown eloquent over the dignity of labour.
4 Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at this unexpected thrift and caution.
5 He insists on thrift and self-respect, but at the same time counsels a silent submission to civic inferiority such as is bound to sap the manhood of any race in the long run.
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