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How to use scrimp in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word scrimp? Here are some examples.

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Cash-strapped schools are going to have to scrimp and save for the next two years, according to a report.
Not only did she scrimp and save but, by taking on three jobs, she even managed to put them through college.
And the last thing a chef in a top-tier restaurant wants to do is scrimp on ingredients.
The government is trying to scrimp on competence, but that just drives up its budget.
Some make capital investments to improve productivity and quality, others try to scrimp on wages.
When she was their age, she thinks, we had to scrimp and scrape for soap.
Meanwhile, he should make that notepad a fat one, and not scrimp on the pens.
But one thing parents should know better than to scrimp on is their child's education.
To their credit, Toyota didn't scrimp on supplying a full suite of safety and occupant protection as standard Venza equipment.
Failure to deliver it would look unseemly at a time when politicians are asking voters to scrimp.
People scrimp to pay for private education and health care because state provision, due to be overhauled in the next five years, is so bad.
Firms are quick to scale back capital spending and consumers skip new cars rather than scrimp on food or healthcare.
Obviously, it takes time and resources to succeed, and San Lorenzo didn't scrimp and save on either of those things.
That's not for a minute to assert that those without savings are in any way lesser parents, or that families that scrimp and save do not provide warm and loving homes.
Shoes of Prey doesn't scrimp on options for one's perfect bespoke shoe.
Many software vendors will invest in software development but scrimp when it comes to putting in resources required to deliver the service and support customers need to stay ahead of the game.
Children learned to scrimp and save to raise money for the war effort.
Why scrimp and save to get the stuff you want?
Food banks consistently report that the high cost of housing is a primary cause of the need for their services.37 If housing was more affordable, Canadians would not need to scrimp on food purchases in order to pay the rent.
Not having enough money, never being able to catch up with bills, having to scrimp in every way possible including using food banks, all took their toll.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The manager has a fixed salary, so that there is no temptation to scrimp the buyers.
Sydney and Georgina would not need to scrimp little Queenie's share of finery to bedeck themselves now were she living.
He felt that he had earned a good one, and did not intend to scrimp himself.
Mrs. scrimp and Gracie were already seated at the table and had began their meal.
In the meantime, in the house, Edith had tried to scrimp and save, but it was very difficult.
I know what it is like to scrimp and save, and my children are going to be spared that!
The news was entirely unexpected and very unwelcome to Mrs. scrimp.
People would scrimp and save for 30 years so they could enjoy sweet and sour chicken at the Flying Dragon.
And so they live beyond their means or else they scrimp and suffer.
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