Sentence examples for in miserly from inspiring English sources

For me the only dud was lobster fettuccine, with portabella slices that turned the cream sauce a tired-looking brown, and lobster doled out in miserly morsels.

He had stamina too, and could be relied on to keep one end tied up for overs at a time – especially in miserly combination with Brian Statham at Lancashire.

We, too, hoped it would last, well beyond the next Sunday, because we knew in our bones that there was nothing better than a never-ending story, dished out in miserly, tempting segments.

At the back, he was rugged and determined, marginalising Dirk Kuyt in the final, in a miserly Spanish team that conceded only twice throughout the tournament.

Leona was lavish in some ways, miserly in others.

Back at club level, though, he thrived, shining as United rose to the top division as runners-up to Ipswich Town in 1960-61, the last line of defence in a miserly rearguard which also included full-backs Cec Coldwell and Graham Shaw and a half-back trio of Brian Richardson, Joe Shaw and Gerry Summers, a remarkably tight unit which played together largely unchanged for nearly seven seasons.

The obvious historical example is Charles Dickens AA Christmas Carol, in which miserly old Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts in the night and terrorized into changing his greedy ways.

Santokie takes the ball again and delivers exactly what his side is looking for, tying down both batsmen and only allowing singles in a miserly over.

The Australian all-rounder then took 2-18 in eight miserly overs as Hampshire fell short on 203-8 to lose by 31 runs.

Per capita annual income in 2012 varied from a miserly $984 in South Sudan to a modest $3,112 in Egypt, while Qatar towered at $104,756.

The Police Department is miserly in handing out passes; the department in the past few years has rejected the applications of several colleagues at The New York Times.