How to Use stingy in a Sentence

stingy

adjective

• The company was too stingy to raise salaries.
• The Heat have won eight of 10 games and have done so because of a stingy defense.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
• Both will have to be at their best against a stingy UCLA defense.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
• The stingy Lancer defense held Montgomery to a minus-6 yards rushing in the first half.
  — Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
• Stone can thank Carroll, Moss and a stingy defense down the stretch.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 25 Feb. 2022
• Running water is in, though Spodek is stingy with the faucet.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
• Throughout the game, Coffman lead a stingy defense that kept the ball out of it’s end.
  — Keylin Perez, Baltimore Sun, 4 Oct. 2022
• The Rays have been stingy, allowing 16 runs in their past eight games.
  — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022
• The Raiders have been stingy against the run so far, allowing just 3.7 yards per carry for the sixth-best mark in the league.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 25 Sep. 2022
• The Bucs won five of their final six games to make the playoffs and had one of the stingiest defenses in the NFL (19.1 ppg).
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 16 Jan. 2024
• On the plus side, the Lions should again be stingy on defense, which will be needed on this road trip.
  — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
• To the surprise of no one in the Big Ten, Iowa should field a stingy defense and outstanding special teams in 2023.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2023
• The Buckeyes will have extra time to prepare for Iowa's stingy defense.
  — Bill Rabinowitz, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
• With four games against that stingy defense, staying over will be a challenge.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
• But the Ravens were just as stingy against big plays and much better at creating takeaways.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2024
• The very name Scrooge has become a global synonym for stingy or miserly….
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
• The Browns are off to a surprising 6-3 start, riding one of the most stingy defensive units in football.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• The Scarlet Knights are among the toughest, stingiest defensive teams in the country.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
• Rutgers defense is stingy and the Wolverines have had trouble scoring in the red zone.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2022
• And with all due respect to UMass, the Minutemen defense was from from the stingiest group the Tigers will see this season.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 2 Sep. 2023
• The defense should again be stingy, making the Badgers a very real contender for the playoff.
  — USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
• But as the Mercury’s stingy defense would have it, the Dream’s hot shooting wasn’t able to rev back up again as the team missed its last shot when the clock expired.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2022
• Cox has been stingy with his vetoes in his one year in office, rejecting just four of the 499 bills that have crossed his desk.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Mar. 2022
• Courtney was the star of another stingy UMS-Wright defense.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 16 Dec. 2021
• Jared Goff returns from a bye to face a stingy Dallas Cowboys defense.
  — Brandon Gdula, ajc, 19 Oct. 2022
• Arizona was only able to produce 40 yards, three first downs and was held out of the end zone versus a stingy Rams defense.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2022
• However, like any change it will not be welcomed by customers some of whom will see it as stingy and a rip off.
  — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 10 May 2023
• Meanwhile, inside Citi Field, Lndor homered from both sides of the plate to back another stingy start from Bassitt.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2022
• Under the relentless sun, the state park was a sea of beach chairs and hats — bucket hats, slouch hats, straw fedoras, stingy brims.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
• The most recent increase was a stingy 1.7% improvement.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 1 June 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024