penny-pinching

Example Sentences

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Restaurants are trying to lure back customers after a challenging 2025, where traffic fell and chains pumped out discounts to try to bring penny-pinching consumers back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

What’s happening now is a mix of penny-pinching and finger-pointing.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026

Starring Vanessa Williams as the titular prima donna, the brilliantly named Ebony Scrooge, the film follows Ebony’s transformation from penny-pinching pop star to charitable altruist.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

Halligan, however, gives the character definition, especially when advocating for his nephew and risking the wrath of his volatile, penny-pinching sister.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

I never thought I'd be agreeing with Old Man Dawson, the penny-pinching old land-thief—and a fine briber he is, too.

From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair