miser

Example Sentences

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“I’m a miser right now when it comes to what I’m spending at supermarkets,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Pansy is such a miser that, for a moment, you wonder if she’ll be visited by three spirits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

A new four-episode podcast aims to show how Ebenezer Scrooge became the miserable miser of the Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol,” focusing on themes of redemption, mercy, grace and compassion.

From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2023

The Tucson Plug-in is slightly less of a fuel miser but still relatively efficient.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022

She saved practically all of her earnings, living like a miser, hoarding each penny.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry