stinginess
Example Sentences
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There, among the seamstresses in training, Duncan met other welfare mothers, equally desperate, and recognized the stinginess, indifference and bureaucratic aggravations she’d been suffering in isolation were part of a larger system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
But he is constantly flummoxed by the stinginess of some customers.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2023
Despite ownership’s stinginess with payroll during the rebuild, Elias said he got everything he wanted this offseason.
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023
They have regained some of their defensive stinginess.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2023
Whose whims had been taken seriously by adults and who grew up to be the stingiest, greediest people on earth and out of their stinginess grew their stingy little love that ate everything in sight.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
