Example Sentences

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Down the hall, 56-year-old Janine Cox gets an occasional bag of chips from the vending machine and scrimps to add to the collection plate at church.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2023

Don’t let all this talk of characters give you the impression that Vikings scrimps on the action, though.

From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2017

If I have one criticism of Passan’s book, it is that he scrimps on the history of pitchers’ arms.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2016

Yet no matter how much the 58-year-old scrimps and saves, shopping at discount stores, she never has enough.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2016

Na, he seldom scrimps 't to them 'at follows his biddin'.

From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George