Example Sentences

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His emotional parsimoniousness just got sucked away by the beautiful blue sky.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

The ground is cultivated with mathematical parsimoniousness and divided into squares which made me think of the Roman agrimensores.

From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Douglas, Norman

You see, his precarious position was as well known as were his extravagant tastes and the obstinate parsimoniousness of M. Mosenstein.

From Castles in the Air by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

Wealth, you will observe, was inclining Johnny toward parsimoniousness.

From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.

Persons unacquainted with the psychology of parsimoniousness may hesitate to credit this incident.

From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Bennett, Arnold