How to Use frugal in a Sentence

frugal

adjective

• Being frugal (aka cheap) in this area is the kiss of death.
  — Southland Golf, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2017
• For consumers, the home option could prove the more frugal route.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 July 2019
• Even just browsing through the options will make the most frugal heart beat.
  — Kristen Bateman, Allure, 4 May 2018
• My frugal parents didn’t fall for that, but a lot of their friends did.
  — Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2019
• Not even frugal Pelagea can make the watery soup stretch long enough.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
• Even the icing recipe omitted butter and milk to keep things frugal.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2020
• An ultra-frugal chip might be able to get away with a smaller one.
  — The Economist, 14 Apr. 2021
• Or maybe one spouse is frugal, while the other’s a spendthrift.
  — Abby Hayes, USA TODAY, 5 July 2017
• The harmony of heat and coldness showcase the yin and yang of this frugal but filling meal.
  — Soon Kang, charlotteobserver, 20 Feb. 2018
• For the Olympics to have a future, LA had to stay frugal.
  — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 17 May 2018
• From feast to frugal One of the places where this shift is most visible is the home itself.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2020
• As for what is the difference between frugal and cheap?
  — Washington Examiner, 16 June 2020
• Stay frugal and try to adapt quickly to the constant changes in this industry.
  — Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• The league has been very frugal with its money, and rightfully so.
  — Reina Kempt, The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2022
• And part of that is because horror, for the most part, is a famously frugal genre.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2019
• The ultimate way to be frugal with your seeds is to save them from this year’s plants, to replant next year.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 31 Mar. 2020
• This is an easy option for patient and frugal shoppers.
  — Kim Komando, Fox News, 8 July 2017
• While most of the aid went to bills, Horton cited two breaks from frugal norms that lent the children a boost.
  — Jason Deparle, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
• And though his frugal days are behind him, the star still prefers cooking over fancy restaurant meals most of the time.
  — Clarissa Cruz, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• Kwon and Driscoll are frugal enough to have a monthly surplus from their paychecks.
  — George Erb, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017
• When your dream kitchen is out of reach, stick-on tiles are a frugal shortcut to a pretty backsplash.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2021
• His meals are the frugal fare of the poor: tea, bread, yogurt, a bit of cheese, vegetables.
  — Johanna McGeary, Time, 25 Oct. 2004
• As for fashion and shopping, my whole thing is about being frugal.
  — Allison Carey, cleveland.com, 25 May 2017
• Pin heads Families will be bowled over with frugal fun at this event.
  — Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 28 Apr. 2017
• That’s why so many frugal gardeners fail when trying to grow trees from seed.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2019
• Can a unit that returns pretty much intact make the necessary changes to be more frugal?
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 6 June 2017
• In the chip business, fortune doesn’t always favor the frugal.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2018
• You’re forced to be more frugal as Mercury and Saturn clash.
  — USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
• Listen, money doesn’t grow on trees, and maybe your mom is the one who taught you to be frugal and wise with your dough.
  — Popular Science, 8 Mar. 2021
• While my thrifty mom taught me to be frugal, my entrepreneurial dad showed me how to take risks.
  — Lyanne Alfaro, refinery29.com, 11 May 2022

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024