purse strings in a sentence

Examples

1. The government is tightening the purse strings of Medicare and Medicaid.
2. Adding Clemens to the mix would stretch the Astros purse strings even more.
3. He sits on the House Appropriations Committee, which controls Congress'purse strings.
4. Consumers are tightening their purse strings, getting ever so price conscious.
5. You are in many senses a supplicant _ they control the purse strings.
6. The regional economic crisis forced Malaysia to tighten its purse strings.
7. That could make Comcast a bit tighter with the purse strings.
8. Sohn said it is not clear if consumers will tighten their purse strings.
9. Journalism's powerful bean counters have opened their purse strings to make it happen.
10. And in some investment circles, purse strings are starting to tighten.