Example sentences for: thrift

How can you use “thrift” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Los Angeles Times lead is that California thrift institution Home Savings is being bought by Seattle-based Washington Mutual, creating the nation's seventh-largest financial institution.

  • You could get a black dress or black suit for lots of money, but that was only occasionally permissible and mostly not possible; and there were no thrift shops full of interesting castoffs.

  • They made it all by depriving themselves in the name of thrift and prudence and preparing for the needs of posterity.

  • He wants to maintain the tidy and comfortable belief, beloved by Victorians of all epochs, that thrift is always a virtue.

  • Very cool Main Street celebrates everything from thrift shops to chic boutiques.


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