How to Use piggy bank in a Sentence

piggy bank

noun

• For all the things the Detroit Red Wings are doing well, their piggy bank is a piglet.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2021
• All of that loot in his piggy bank has much to do with his 40-year ownership of the White Sox.
  — Terence Moore, Forbes, 21 May 2021
• The owner of the hoard buried it in a terra-cotta pot, which served as a sort of piggy bank.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 1 May 2023
• And that meant these two piggy banks—the spender’s address and the change address—must belong to the same person.
  — Andy Greenberg, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
• But behind the scenes, well before its fall, PTL was also a piggy bank for the Bakkers.
  — Tim Funk, charlotteobserver, 15 Feb. 2018
• Stashing pennies and nickels in a piggy bank is a great way to start.
  — Kerri Anne Renzulli, wsj.com, 22 Nov. 2023
• This cuter version of a piggy bank is the best way to save for a rainy day — or their next beach vacation.
  — Terri Huggins Hart, Woman's Day, 15 Aug. 2022
• On his desk is a green plastic piggy bank with some coins inside.
  — Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2018
• But still, some people lump the stimulus in with the PPP, and champion Trump as the piggy bank.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
• In 1982, the Central States pension fund, which had been the mob’s piggy bank, was handed over to be managed by the big Wall Street banks.
  — New York Times, 29 Sep. 2021
• Some worry the earnings reserve will be used as a piggy bank.
  — Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2019
• What happens to the little Tribune news box piggy bank?
  — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
• At one point, a young fan of her beignets carried a full piggy bank to the store as a personal donation.
  — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 16 July 2021
• Police said the two suspects broke into a safe and the children’s piggy bank, stealing more than $7,500 in cash.
  — Fox News, 22 Dec. 2021
• But Caruso has been dipping into a piggy bank the size of Crypto.com Arena.
  — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2022
• In June, the profile picture for the account was a photo of a racist figurine of a Black man's head as a piggy bank, Znidarsic-Nicosia said.
  — Kayla Canne, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022
• But don’t, because the red-checked tablecloths, the long Formica counter with hamburger piggy banks and the walls of Fiesta medals are part of the charm.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 16 Aug. 2019
• Montgomery County views The Woodlands as its piggy bank.
  — John S.marshall, Houston Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2018
• Parry likens it to a kid plunking pennies into a piggy bank.
  — Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 14 June 2018
• Our kids will grow up without ceramic piggy banks, gifts from the Tooth Fairy, and birthday cards from Grandma with a few bills slipped in.
  — Town & Country, 28 Jan. 2019
• And hey, if Mom’s lucky, maybe another caregiver will help pad the piggy bank so the kids can afford a little bit more.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2024
• Paint a mural or inspiring scene on your piggy bank—like dollar signs or 100s.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2024
• The bill would further penalize a pool of NYC motorists who the city essentially looks at as a piggy bank.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2024
• Great effect of having the piggy bank lighting reflecting off Gi-hun, Sang-woo, and the dead player in that moment.
  — Quinci Legardye, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2021
• But putting stickers on chore charts and dropping coins in piggy banks don’t cut it with the smartphone generation.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 28 May 2019
• Make a sparkly piggy bank using glue and glitter (or glitter glue).
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2024
• Guests can practice life skills by learning how to earn, save and spend play money, withdraw funds from a giant piggy bank, play at the Business Board, and more.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
• The United States of America was the piggy bank that everybody was robbing.
  — Fox News, 6 July 2018
• To finance his war, Putin has been breaking into the national piggy bank.
  — David Cay Johnston, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
• All tax on profits above that level went into the national piggy bank.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024