stint
verb (used without object)
to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance.
had stinted
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past perfectof stint.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Aunt Raby had stinted herself dreadfully to get Priscilla's modest little outfit together, and now— oh, she would rather starve than appeal to her again.
From A Sweet Girl Graduate by L. T. Meade
He had stinted himself and toiled almost as a beast of burden, but now he could use his brains in place of wringing the last effort out of overtaxed muscle.
From Winston of the Prairie by W. Herbert Dunton
Nature, who had stinted this man in physical strength, had fitted him out fairly well as to figure and feature.
From The Mormon Prophet by Lily Dougall
The horses were tired out and dying for water, and though their riders had stinted themselves for their sakes, still their ration was very insufficient.
From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Jules Verne
That morning, at breakfast, her mother had stinted her in milk—just a little—that she might have enough to make some milk-porridge for their dinner.
From A Double Story by George MacDonald
