How to Use frugal in a Sentence

frugal

adjective

• For the Olympics to have a future, LA had to stay frugal.
  — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 17 May 2018
• 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
• 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 just browsing through the options will make the most frugal heart beat.
  — Kristen Bateman, Allure, 4 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
• Or maybe one spouse is frugal, while the other’s a spendthrift.
  — Abby Hayes, USA TODAY, 5 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
• An ultra-frugal chip might be able to get away with a smaller one.
  — The Economist, 14 Apr. 2021
• Heitkamp’s message plays to North Dakotans’ frugal streak.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
• You’re forced to be more frugal as Mercury and Saturn clash.
  — USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
• For many postdocs like Chugh, these years of labor in the lab and frugal living don’t pay off.
  — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 6 June 2023
• Our true frugal shoppers can still get their glam on, too.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 9 Oct. 2024
• 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
• 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
• And part of that is because horror, for the most part, is a famously frugal genre.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2019
• In keeping with the frugal nature of the dish, Hazan tells the reader it is served without cheese.
  — Adam Federman, The New Republic, 7 July 2023
• The Campbell women are a frugal bunch, and a tight budget dictated much of the project.
  — Ellie Pithers, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2021
• Even the icing recipe omitted butter and milk to keep things frugal.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2020
• The harmony of heat and coldness showcase the yin and yang of this frugal but filling meal.
  — Soon Kang, charlotteobserver, 20 Feb. 2018
• The league has been very frugal with its money, and rightfully so.
  — Reina Kempt, The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2022
• 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
• The Dacia proved reliable, frugal, and comfy to drive and sleep in.
  — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 8 July 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
• Stay frugal and try to adapt quickly to the constant changes in this industry.
  — Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• Shipton, for one, preferred frugal, pared-down missions that would be able to make swift progress up the icy slopes.
  — Ipsita Chakravarty, Quartz India, 10 June 2019
• The frugal Fish may flounder but should be able to avoid the cellar as long as the Nationals stay in the division.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• Don’t Go Silent Being frugal with your calling isn’t the same as being completely silent.
  — Chad Schearer, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024