THRIFT in a Sentence

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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.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of THRIFT
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.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER X.
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
3  The rich would have spoken on the value of thrift, and the idle grown eloquent over the dignity of labour.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
4  Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at this unexpected thrift and caution.
Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In II
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.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
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