scrimp
verb (used without object)
to be sparing or frugal; economize (often followed byon ).
are scrimping
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present progressiveof scrimp.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"He seemed to be living a luxurious lifestyle when other people are scrimping and scraping along," one NOS member told the court.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
With housing prices falling and stocks prices limping along, even middle-class families are scrimping rather than spending.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
But they are increasingly demanding better accounting for those dollars, saying that the bureaucracy has grown too big even as the troops in the field are scrimping.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 25, 2018
It's galling to them that as they are scrimping and worrying, the student finance system brackets them with the super-rich.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2015
In order to buy a house, couples are scrimping drastically on other spending—for cars, food and even furniture; not a few fancy new houses are almost bare inside.
From Time Magazine Archive
