Sentence examples for miserly and from inspiring English sources

WHAT makes some men miserly and others generous?

DAD is sedentary, miserly and averse to washing.

As his new wife soon discovers, he has miserly and selfish tendencies.

The comic genius who kept millions in stitches was, in his private life, miserly and emotionally distant.

Bad versions can be cramped and miserly, and even a fine bottle can offer a fairly narrow spectrum of possibilities.

The word, of Scandinavian origin, means "miserly" and has nothing to do with the similar-sounding racial slur.

Caesar salad came heavily dressed and miserly portioned, and I had trouble tasting much beyond cornstarch, tarragon, and a heavy dose of brandy in the lobster bisque.

Impetuous, cruel, alternately spendthrift and miserly, wildly manipulative and so self-destructive that her doctors helplessly sought ways to curb her sexual appetite, Pauline was, Fraser admits, "a terrible role model".

And the mullah himself, sometimes a miserly bumbler and sometimes a clever rascal, satirizes Muslim clerics better than anyone.

It tells the story of a stupid and brutal dentist who murders his miserly wife and then meets his own end while fleeing through Death Valley.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has been hollowed out and overstretched as a result of miserly appropriations and rising demands.