- present participle of scrimp.
scrimping
Example Sentences
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“We have been scrimping for a long time.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Related: ‘I worked very hard’: I’m 71 and have $6 million after scrimping and saving.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
"It's literally scrimping and scraping to be able to manage to get one lesson a week," she says.
From BBC • May 24, 2025
Like many of their class and generation, my grandparents never traveled anywhere, but after scrimping and saving, they did, finally, make it to Hawaii.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023
He saw himself on the whole scrimping with more zest even in Mrs. Worthingham's New York than under the inspiration of Bognor.
From The Finer Grain by James, Henry
