stingy
Example Sentences
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Jack-o’-lanterns come from Ireland, specifically the Irish legend of a man named "Stingy Jack," according to History.com.
From Fox News • Oct. 29, 2021
Stingy or not, why would the fathers or indeed their fathers have owned left-handed clubs in the first place?
From Golf Digest • Apr. 14, 2020
A Times editorial after his 2013 announcement lamented “Governor Cuomo’s Stingy Pardons.”
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2018
Stingy D or raining 3s, these scrappy Wolverines find ways to win.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2018
Pinmei said slowly, almost in disbelief, “Scars of Stingy Rice?”
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
Vocabulary lists containing stingy
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