be parsimonious
Example Sentences
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Example: In this campaign, there is no room to be parsimonious.
From Time • Jul. 27, 2015
But she knew his core belief: the government should be parsimonious with voters' money.
From Time • Feb. 4, 2010
To battle inflation, Lyndon Johnson has told consumers that it is patriotic to be parsimonious, and a lot of people are willing to heed him.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He dined well, for he had in hand certain moneys advanced by his patron, and he was not disposed to be parsimonious.
From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
And being of New England, he would always be parsimonious with flatteries.
From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert