chintzy

Example Sentences

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As much as I honor the Sportback’s super-clean aero efficiency of 0.24 Cd, this presentation comes dangerously close to chintzy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

From its opening sequence, where Johnson’s Kerr blasts through a chintzy Egyptian pyramid to enter the ring at an early fight in Brazil, the movie looks fantastic.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

The Matt Gaetz Show is many things: chintzy, low-rent, reactionary.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2025

Asked about roster construction, Cronin compared his team to the chintzy Cincinnati Reds fighting the cash-infused Dodgers for free agents based on UCLA’s shortfall in NIL dollars preventing it from snagging top transfers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2024

The chintzy chair is nice and roomy, and I don’t resist pulling my legs up into it.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali