economize
verb (used without object)
to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
was economizing
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past progressiveof economize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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As do those of Alf Landon, Talmadge critics point to the Federal millions which have poured in to pay for Georgia's relief, roads, schools while the Governor was economizing.
From Time Magazine Archive
From beer the conversation turned naturally to the police, and from the police to the listening Mr. Bodfish, who was economizing space by sitting on the bread- pan, and trembling with agitation.
From Cupboard Love The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 5. by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
For the first time in life he was economizing for a purpose.
From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
