Sentence examples similar to call for thrift from inspiring English sources

The unspoken dress code seems to call for thrift-store chic: well-worn fitted jeans, tattered T-shirts, V-necks, high-waisted skirts and a smattering of tattoos.

Hard times call for both energy and thrift, and finding ways of nourishing yourself that will give you the former while adhering to the latter is no mean feat.

People are talking about "creative frugality" and calling for a resurgence of "thrift".

An earlier bill approved by the House called for mandatory federal insurance for the thrifts, but was defeated 16-16 by the Senate early Tuesday.

Now the debt has to be repaid and that calls for serious retrenching with the help of thrift expert Jane Furnival.

It's what economists call the "paradox of thrift".

Again, a victory for thrift.

He had, unlike many Democratic governors, a reputation for thrift.

She had a gift for thrift, my poor mother.

Japan's example suggests that there is no particular Asian propensity for thrift.

As for thrift, he confessed that to urge it might sound trite.