stint
verb (used without object)
to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance.
was stinting
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past progressiveof stint.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But the rock establishment was stinting in its appreciation—whether at Comiskey Park in Chicago in 1979 or the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the 2000s.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2017
Though the Dutch colony in New Amsterdam, now New York, became a significant haven, its embrace of Jews was stinting.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2016
She ran away, when I was stinting myself to keep her.
From Love Stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart
