miserliness
Example Sentences
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To establish this miserliness of spirit, the present day scenes start with a Brooklyn traffic jam caused by an escaped sauropod laying collapsed and dying on the side of the road.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025
“It’s a kind of meanness and miserliness on the part of these prosperous countries that say, we don’t want these people,” he said.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2021
Should I confront my siblings and tell them how I feel about their miserliness toward my children in relation to my generosity to theirs?
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2018
Even when they have not been at their best thus far, they have dug out a result and their defensive miserliness bodes well.
From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2016
The others made fun of what they believed was his miserliness, but he could not eat it or throw it away, until finally, in the outhouse, he let it fall into the earth’s stinking hole.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
