Example Sentences

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“We have been scrimping for a long time.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

I have been scrimping, juggling credit card balances, and certainly not contributing to my own pension because I had no idea that money was there.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2023

Eddie Cassidy, from Unite Scotland, said: "My members have been scrimping and scraping over the past ten years, and the time has come to say enough is enough."

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2022

The accord disclosed Friday comes amid mounting criticism that Google and other major U.S. companies have been scrimping on their tax bills with a variety of accounting maneuvers that have rankled governments around the world.

From US News • Jan. 23, 2016

Him and that little old missus of his, God bless her sweet old face, that have been scrimping all these years to pay back what that blasted kid robbed out of the bank.

From The Night Operator by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)