Sentence examples for Not thrifty from inspiring English sources

"Updike was nothing if not thrifty," Begley said.

"I'm the first to point out that I'm not thrifty," she says, though it hasn't made much dent in her lifestyle.

"She wore it in the magazine!" What makes these used items unlike the castoffs in an ordinary thrift shop is that they (a) are not thrifty and (b) are not ordinary.

All part of his own plan, not Thrifty's.

At any rate, Ms. Cook did say that it was certainly not Thrifty's policy to charge customers for insurance that they had declined.

"I don't go splashing a lot of cash about or buying extravagant things, but I am not thrifty when it comes to day-to-day spending," she says.

Maybe it was because the cars were not particularly thrifty, had no distinctive engineering features and came across as cheap and frumpy.

At around 16 bucks per hour after the (3-hour?) free trial, it's not exactly thrifty – but it's probably a hell of a lot cheaper than buying up 40 Nokia handsets.

Ordering a kit isn't as thrifty as cooking from scratch; the meals cost $7 to about $17.50 a serving, more than it would cost to buy the raw ingredients at FreshDirect or Whole Foods.

Serve lets you transfer money into sub-accounts (great for older kids, or not-so-thrifty spouses), or to non-Serve members.

I'm not advocating the thrifty eating of leftovers.