How to Use piggy in a Sentence

piggy

adjective

• Neither Nirenberg or Brockhouse were off to a strong fundraising start at the beginning of the year but have since sought to put more in their piggy banks.
  — Joshua Fechter, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2021
• Casinos -- and the banks that serve them -- have been swept up in the national coin shortage, leaving many gambling venues begging customers to bring in their piggy banks and jars of change.
  — Jennifer Surane, Bloomberg.com, 4 Sep. 2020
• Start looking in piggy banks and drawers or even under the couch cushions, consumers, and get that money moving.
  — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 25 July 2021
• Now, Little Peach is hoping to have lots of love, fresh fruits and veggies and adorable little piggy squeals in her future forever home soon!
  — The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2021
• The studio also offers more whimsical items to paint such as gnomes, piggy banks, wine glasses and turtles.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2020
• The Eugene Emeralds minor league baseball team held a fundraiser, kids emptied their piggy banks, and florists and area artists donated items to sell.
  — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
• Vendors also are selling piggy banks in the shape of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, as well as raspados, elotes, diablitos and tejuino.
  — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
• Banks also started begging customers to break out their piggy banks to pump more coins into circulation.
  — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2022
• Car cup holders, sofa cushions, piggy banks and maybe even wallets laden with pocket change are fueling the nation’s great coin debacle.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020
• Its ingredients include apple cider, Dijon mustard, simple syrup and bourbon over ice with a piggy wing garnish.
  — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 Aug. 2017
• When the economy shut down in March and April, disruptions to normal spending patterns meant that less physical cash was changing hands, compounded by the fact that people stopped taking their piggy banks to grocery store coin exchangers.
  — New York Times, 31 Dec. 2020
• The company sells actual piggy banks aimed at teaching kids to allocate their pocket change for different purposes: spending, saving and giving.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2021
• The Chamelin siblings are financially responsible for everything, Jennie said, and all their money goes right into their accounts — their, quite literally, piggy banks.
  — Clara Longo De Freitas, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 23 July 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024