How to Use frugal in a Sentence

frugal

adjective
  • The like ski bum cache of like the frugal Gourmet.
    — Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Adams was so frugal that his friends bought him more respectable clothes.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 May 2026
  • My frugal parents didn’t fall for that, but a lot of their friends did.
    — Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • His life is solitary and frugal.
    — ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • An ultra-frugal chip might be able to get away with a smaller one.
    — The Economist, 14 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • For consumers, the home option could prove the more frugal route.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 July 2019
  • Or maybe one spouse is frugal, while the other’s a spendthrift.
    — Abby Hayes, USA TODAY, 5 July 2017
  • Their names rhyme with feta, frugal, and pickpock.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Members expressed the need to be frugal in this process because of that.
    — Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 16 May 2026
  • Rios is hardly the only shopper forced to be more frugal.
    — Tovia Smith, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Pin heads Families will be bowled over with frugal fun at this event.
    — Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Carnegie, for example, lived a frugal life.
    — Harmon Kong, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The league has been very frugal with its money, and rightfully so.
    — Reina Kempt, The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2022
  • There’s nothing a frugal shopper hates more than missing a good deal.
    — Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
  • There were signs of the new, frugal era where people sat, however.
    — Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Guo isn’t the only billionaire to choose a frugal life.
    — Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
  • And of the 60% who did venture to a library, most were frugal.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Take, for example, these tried-and-true frugal living tips and tricks.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 30 Apr. 2026
  • After a frugal snack served at 5pm, you are not allowed to eat anything.
    — Nupur Anand, Quartz India, 2 July 2019
  • 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
  • Her frugal philosophy is more than just skin-deep.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Stay frugal and try to adapt quickly to the constant changes in this industry.
    — Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • And part of that is because horror, for the most part, is a famously frugal genre.
    — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Again, not as dramatic as forgiveness or as frugal as full steam ahead.
    — Howard Dvorkin, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Kwon and Driscoll are frugal enough to have a monthly surplus from their paychecks.
    — George Erb, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017
  • 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

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