Sentence examples for skimp for from inspiring English sources

Save and skimp for a while so you know what it's like to taste Johnny Walker Blue Label, or what it's like to wear a Patek Phillipe watch.

The federal government has been skimping for years on everything from airport security to public health to education.

Many people skimp, but for full sunscreen protection, apply sunscreen generously.

Ana Cabrera, whose son is a fifth-grade student at P.S. 161 in Manhattan, said she feared that a for-profit company like Edison would skimp on spending for classroom materials.

Jackson argues that Moses's strong commitment to the creation of expansive public works more than compensated for his tendency to skimp on facilities for black neighborhoods.

This feature of his writings is aptly described by A. J. Ayer: "The subject is discussed from every angle, the various possibilities judiciously set out, the precedents cited, the fallacious arguments exposed: nothing is skimped: looking for reason, we are not fobbed off with rhetoric" (Part of my Life, 1977, pp. 117 8).

They said elected officials must not skimp on spending for emergency responders.

The proposal would also raise the price of parking meters and skimp on bread for prison inmates.

Most pornographers recognize that story sells, but some skimp on plot for scenes whose only holiday angle is a girl in striped red-and-white stockings or a holiday hat.

Don't skimp on protection for the sake of looking good.

Be sure not to skimp on price for a bra that fits.