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Example sentences for "more economical"

  • It is more economical to cut salt pork into small bits, and try it till the pork is brown and crispy.

  • It is more economical to buy a fore-quarter of mutton than a hind-quarter; there is usually two cents difference per pound.

  • Where sweet oil is much used, it is more economical to buy it by the bottle than by the flask.

  • On all hygienic grounds radiant heat is better than convected heat, but the latter is more economical.

  • The 1-foot burner is more economical when in the best condition, but requires a higher gas pressure, and is rather too powerful a unit light for good illuminating effect; the 0.

  • In America land is cheap and labour is dear; it is consequently found to be more economical to cultivate a large tract of land less thoroughly than a small area more thoroughly.

  • By applying manures in an unmixed condition the chances are that a more economical use of them is made than would otherwise be the case.

  • These statements must not be taken as proving that it is more economical to apply farmyard manure in a rotten condition than in a fresh one.

  • Steam, however, is more economical on a large scale, and still continues to be used in great factories for the heavier machinery.

  • In the United States, the feeding of horses on Indian corn and hay has been found very successful; but in these countries oats will be found a more economical food.

  • Its chemical composition shows it to be about equal to that of the best linseed-cake, and as its price is much lower than that of the latter, it may be fairly considered a more economical food.

  • She has found it more economical to feed the Irish with potatoes, and clothe them in rags; and now every packet brings legions of Irish, who, working for less than the English, drive them from every employment.

  • She has found it more economical to supersede workmen by steam-engines; she has dismissed .

  • The English nation has found it more economical to give up those modes of cultivation which require much hand-labour, and she has dismissed half the cultivators who lived in the fields.

  • Does not your housekeeper cease making bread at home so soon as she finds it more economical to buy it from the baker?

  • I frankly confess my preference for the second system, which I regard as more just, more economical, and more legal.

  • It seems to me juster, more economical, and more fair.

  • Does not your housekeeper cease to make her bread at home, as soon as she finds it more economical to buy it from the baker?

  • And after having compared protective duties with the bounty: "I frankly avow my preference for the latter system; it seems to me more just, more economical, and more truthful.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "more economical" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    general principles; might expect; more agreeable; more attention; more common; more consequence; more death; more direct; more elaborate; more formidable; more full; more liable; more light; more long; more parts; more positive; more precise; more primitive; more rapid; more rapidly; more sensitive; more species; more specifically; more strongly; more valuable; more worthy