How to Use purse strings in a Sentence

purse strings

plural noun

• But Bryan was still her boss and held the purse strings.
  — Ava Benny-Morrison, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
• Congress has the purse strings to give them the money to do that.
  — Liz Cheney, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2024
• Good thing Neal is now the House Ways and Means chairman, the person who holds the purse strings.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2019
• My husband is the one who usually holds and pulls all the purse strings.
  — Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• But she has been promised to the Duke, the man who holds the purse strings to the next production at the fabled Paris showplace.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2020
• Our heart strings and our purse strings can both stand some strengthening.
  — Andrew Tisch, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• This move must be embraced by those who hold the purse strings: members of Congress.
  — Star Tribune, 14 Feb. 2021
• There was unrest in the ranks amid suspicion that the creative teams had lost all control of the purse strings.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022
• Do not let the MTA control the purse strings on congestion pricing.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2024
• Harvey keeps a tight circle of associates who hold the purse strings.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 27 Apr. 2022
• That means that budgets and purse strings are tightening.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
• Aderholt also said the power of the purse strings held by Congress should not be overlooked.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 24 Aug. 2023
• For those holding the purse strings, egalitarianism is the name of the game.
  — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
• Those who hold the nonprofit purse strings in San Antonio are gazing down the road as well.
  — Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 8 May 2020
• You may be invited to gamble, but keep your purse strings closed and your lips sealed this weekend.
  — oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2020
• Ingrid, who is footing the bill to keep Nathan alive after death, as well as controlling the purse strings, is rich.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2020
• Ultimately, who holds the guns and the purse strings also holds power.
  — Richard Hall, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017
• Consumers are tightening purse strings, and sports bets could be an easy expense to cut.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2022
• Women make up more than 50% of the U.S. population and control the purse strings in most households.
  — Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2020
• But to parents holding the purse strings, price often matters most when shopping for back to school.
  — Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 10 July 2019
• The pandemic has prompted Congress to loosen its purse strings.
  — Sharon Lafraniere, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2022
• Consumers will need more convincing to loosen their purse strings and adopt the more expensive EVs.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 3 July 2019
• Turns out women hold the purse strings in most relationships.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 20 Apr. 2022
• After years of demand growing faster than funding, the government looks poised to loosen the purse strings.
  — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
• The reason to control the party machinery in a state still run by a party machine is to control the purse strings.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 26 June 2019
• Buckle up, tighten the purse strings, and schedule a few more creative brainstorms.
  — Candace Nelson, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
• Still, critics have said that Mr. Murphy could have used the considerable leverage the state wields over the city’s purse strings to block the vote to evict Oasis.
  — New York Times, 10 Aug. 2021
• Trump's campaign managers this cycle are keeping a closer hold on the purse strings.
  — Mike Allen, Axios, 22 Sep. 2024
• The central bank has already taken steps to tighten the purse strings, in part by raising interest rates in March and in May.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 3 June 2022
• Meanwhile, consumers have begun to tighten their purse strings.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024