Sentence examples for pinching that from inspiring English sources

But were his balls subjected to pinching (that acute angle between two high fences)?

The dahlias loved it -- they got the initial pinching that they always desired and branched out enthusiastically in appreciation.

It's not like I was so penny pinching that I went out and bought an 88p plug and charged for it".

I find it curious that in his Lives essay (March 22), Michael Krikorian reveals such a deep appreciation for Sarah Vaughan's version of "Just a Little Lovin' " and yet didn't think much about "pinching" that intellectual property by having his girlfriend's son burn a copy to give away.

He does this through squinching: a natty portmanteau of squinting and pinching that Hurley has been teaching to photographers for several years (he has been working on it for the best part of a decade) as a means of ensuring their subjects avoid the unflattering deer-in-the-headlights look.

Bunch up the scarf, for example putting it around your finger, pinching that protruding part and winding the string around it.

Or was it misguided penny-pinching that caused them to miss a patriotic opportunity?

Their bad design reflects the poor management and penny-pinching that has plagued the tube for half a century.

Canceling the tunnel was also a blow to national hopes of recovery, part of a pattern of penny-pinching that has played a large role in our continuing economic stagnation.

But another, less wholesome aspect emerged over several weeks of the trial and eventually did for her: a disdain towards her employees bordering on penny-pinching that was surprising for one in possession of such fabulous wealth.

It never tried to force its customers on to the internet, and eschewed the cost-cutting and penny-pinching that has been a feature of British and US banks in the past decade.