Scrooge

Example Sentences

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"There's a few out there who think I'm a bit of a scrooge but my friends think it's quite a good idea," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

Maybe I am the one being the scrooge.

From Slate • May 14, 2020

I know we're starved for sports, and maybe I'm being a scrooge, but I cannot imagine this has any effect beyond making us even more acutely aware of what we can't see.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 6, 2020

The late Alan Rickman, who also stars in Christmas classic "Love Actually," looks more scrooge than cold-blooded killer as Hans Gruber when he speaks of Christmas being a "time of the miracles."

From Fox News • Dec. 19, 2018

"Harry, if—if it's the money, maybe I could manage—" "Yes—and scrimp and save and scrooge along without a laundress another four years, and do his washing and—" "I—could fix the money part, Harry—easy."

From Gaslight Sonatas by Hurst, Fannie