- present participle of scrimp.
scrimping
Example Sentences
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"The UK has constantly been scrimping and saving… we are low on scanners, low on everything, way behind everybody else," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“We have been scrimping for a long time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
We’ve been scrimping for a long time, and I feel it’s okay to start using some of our nonretirement savings for home improvements and personal wants.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
But experts say that’s bad news for the economy, because widespread scrimping is contributing to a dramatic slowdown in growth this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
The elderly cousin, whose years had been a long strain of scrimping to present a respectable exterior, was only too happy to have leisure and quiet to read and embroider to her heart's content.
From The Man of the Desert by Hill, Grace Livingston
