Sentence examples for profligate way from inspiring English sources

Thatcherism liked to present itself as a rejection of the postwar, state-driven, more profligate way of doing things.

Mr. Estrada's profligate way of life, a key part of the prosecution's case against him, is regarded as a badge of pride by some poor Filipinos.

They have a right to expect that the northern countries will change their profligate way of life and will help find a way to sustainable development for other countries as well.

In a different context, that of a council tenant's "right to buy", Beckett writes that Thatcherism "liked to present itself as a rejection of the postwar, state-driven, more profligate way of doing things.

Despite such backing, however, despite his profligate way with toes and his eating of several dog teams (over several winters), Peary never made it to the Pole and never really rose above the ripping to become important.

At its best, in the opening "Winter" and "Spring" dances, "Quaternary" is yet more evidence of Mr. Wheeldon's profligate way with small, imaginative surprises in the ways he sends his dancers out through space and what he gives them to do there.

But this only encourages us to continue our profligate ways.

To the south and west are countries that are in the euro but have kept their profligate ways.

Critics of America's profligate ways fret about the relentless character of spending increases, and they have a point.

Sorry, friends, our own economy comes first, and we simply cannot afford to mend our profligate ways.

The industry seems chastised, genuinely repentant, and ready to take some responsibility — environmental responsibility — for its profligate ways.