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

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

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

Like many of their class and generation, my grandparents never traveled anywhere, but after scrimping and saving, they did, finally, make it to Hawaii.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

I'm tired of it all—sick and tired of scrimping and worrying and wearing made-over dresses and being—just shabby genteel.

From The House of Toys by Miller, Henry Russell