Sentence examples for tight purse from inspiring English sources

Shoppers rejuvenated their wardrobes and dusted off their barbecues as the sun came out and loosened previously tight purse strings.

Belleville's library director, Joan Taub, doesn't think she can keep the library open on such a tight purse.

After the sale, Michael McGinnis, who runs Phillips's contemporary art department worldwide, said he thought buyers' tight purse strings had to do with uncertainty in the world's financial markets.

The placement of these drones, which can fly for more than 28 hours at a time, shows both America's continued security interest in Asia at a time of tight purse strings and Japan's growing willingness to accept new military hardware in the country for use against looming neighbors.

In the Senate committee Thursday, members lamented an amendment to an appropriations bill that would have given more money to a program that would supplement heating and cooling costs for low-income people, but that, in this new era of tight purse strings, would pay for it by cutting into education grant money, as a "Hobson's choice".

Ames is known for blunt talk and a tight purse, preferring taxis over limousines.

Tight purses and reduced funding lead to conservatism in the theatre.

He blamed its failure on the "tight purses of Boston culture" and moved to Europe to serve as foreign editor and correspondent of the New York Mirror.

More recent data, once available, are almost certain to show even tighter purse strings, analysts say.

Many private equity firms that have hit the road to try to raise new funds are facing lukewarm receptions and tighter purse strings from investors.

Smaller houses with tighter purse strings often rely on the contacts of their PR agencies or more-creative methods to get acquainted.