Sentence examples for thriftily from inspiring English sources

He is probably going to ask what you did for the least of those [around you]."The governor's instincts remain thriftily conservative.

Angelou's grandmother thriftily ran the only general store in Stamps for blacks and protected her disabled son, Uncle Willie, from the Ku Klux Klan by hiding him in the vegetable bin when required.

Soltner's hands seem to work independent of his consciousness: even as he is gaily demonstrating how to chop, his hands are thriftily sweeping up whatever scraps of fish or dough might be left on the counter.

"A Master Builder" is a bold endeavor, thriftily made, and there is muscle and volume in the performances; but had Demme hung back, and kept things cooler and quieter, the mastery of what Ibsen built, and the agon of his extraordinary hero, would have cast a more looming shadow.

The ball of soap was as smooth and worn as an old bone, a mosaic assembled from remnants, small pieces thriftily saved and then softened and clumped together.

The broadcast was the second year in a row that Academy Awards advertisers thriftily reused previous work.

A matte M.A.C. lipstick called Delectable, which Mr. Pecheux thriftily used on eyes (above the upper lashes on the outside corners) as well as lips.

Its open-air machinery grinds rusted debris into powder right next to buildings full of thriftily salvaged, less rusty antiques.

Energy needs and economic forces drive innovation, both in using energy more thriftily and finding new sources.

I have some savings, thriftily ­accrued while teaching: to put the amount in context, they would cover total living costs (and we have pared to the bone) for a maximum of five months.

It does sound thriftily-made, but wonderfully so, as if the tracks had a simple but beautiful need to exist.