Example Sentences

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When I told my wife how much money I was squirreling away for this purchase, she replied, "That's wrong."

From Time • Sep. 12, 2017

Always frugal, I was squirreling away money for a down payment on a house.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2013

“And Uncle Woody was squirreling away all the squirrel books he could!”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein