prodigal

In a sentence

Six example sentences with prodigal, each labelled with its topic.

• The prodigal heir burned through the trust in four years, buying cars and villas until the accountants simply stopped calling.

  Finance

• The studio was prodigal with the budget, building an entire village that appears in exactly ninety seconds of the film.

  Movies

• The novel follows a prodigal younger son who spends his inheritance on parties and returns home with nothing but debts.

  Literature

• The founders were prodigal with their first round, renting a glass tower before they had a single paying customer.

  Startups

• Critics called the mayor prodigal for spending the whole road budget on one bridge with decorative lights.

  Politics

• A prodigal government that spends every boom year leaves nothing for the lean years that always follow.

  Economics

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