scrimping

Example Sentences

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“We have been scrimping for a long time.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Shoppers are not necessarily scrimping on their holiday budgets, but amid economic uncertainty and a cooling labor market, they’re more focused on scoring the best deals, data suggest.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025

"It's literally scrimping and scraping to be able to manage to get one lesson a week," she says.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

With housing prices falling and stocks prices limping along, even middle-class families are scrimping rather than spending.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 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