Examples of tightfisted in a Sentence
The company's tightfisted owner won't raise the workers' salaries.
the company is pretty tightfisted when it comes to bonuses
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Every year, a complacent, tightfisted city council turned down the recommendations.
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Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Kotick played the tightfisted owner of the Oakland A’s.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
Diplomats from neighboring countries, Afghans overseas and U.N. officials have all called on the United States to relax its tightfisted approach.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
Dobie’s cantankerous, tightfisted father and sweet, harebrained mother were played by the characters actors Frank Faylen and Florida Friebus.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2022
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Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Kotick played the tightfisted owner of the Oakland A’s.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
Diplomats from neighboring countries, Afghans overseas and U.N. officials have all called on the United States to relax its tightfisted approach.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
Dobie’s cantankerous, tightfisted father and sweet, harebrained mother were played by the characters actors Frank Faylen and Florida Friebus.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2022
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“Tightfisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tightfisted. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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tightfisted
adjective
tight·fist·ed
ˈtīt-ˈfis-təd 
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