miser

Example Sentences

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“I’m a miser right now when it comes to what I’m spending at supermarkets,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

A new four-episode podcast aims to show how Ebenezer Scrooge became the miserable miser of the Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol,” focusing on themes of redemption, mercy, grace and compassion.

From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2023

"People have remembered her as being eccentric, grumpy, prickly. She gets accused of being both a miser and a spendthrift - and that she did unpleasant things."

From BBC • May 27, 2022

At an EPA-estimated 15 mpg in combined city/highway driving, the Ford is no fuel miser, but it’ll save you more at the pump than the Ram with its 12 mpg combined thirst.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2022

She’d even talked her brother into coming along; he was a miser and had a lot of money.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai