Scrooge

Example Sentences

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"There's a few out there who think I'm a bit of a scrooge but my friends think it's quite a good idea," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

I know we're starved for sports, and maybe I'm being a scrooge, but I cannot imagine this has any effect beyond making us even more acutely aware of what we can't see.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 6, 2020

The late Alan Rickman, who also stars in Christmas classic "Love Actually," looks more scrooge than cold-blooded killer as Hans Gruber when he speaks of Christmas being a "time of the miracles."

From Fox News • Dec. 19, 2018

Q. Re: Bloody scrooge: Don’t take it personally.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2017

Yes, seh, Ah haf to scrooge aw Ah git mah haid knocked off, but Ah reckon Ah sho' will luhn to remembeh in Gawd's own time.

From The Boss of Little Arcady by Wilson, Harry Leon