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
And the stinginess of their generosity, their snark and begrudging were a bummer.
From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2023
They have regained some of their defensive stinginess.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2023
Despite the stinginess, New York is 3-3 in those games.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2021
And so I closed the Bible and to that group of women clustering close, I told the truth about myself—my self-centeredness, my stinginess, my lack of love.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
