Wondering how to use Stingy in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as ungenerous or mean.
Stingy in a sentence
Stingy meaning
- Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
- Small, scant, meager, insufficient.
Synonyms of Stingy
Using Stingy
- The main meaning on this page is: Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean. | Small, scant, meager, insufficient.
- Useful related words include: ungenerous, mean, tightfisted, hardfisted.
- In the example corpus, stingy often appears in combinations such as: stingy defense, stingy with, and stingy.
Context around Stingy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stingy
- In this selection, "stingy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, distinctly, pretty, remain, defense, sign and defences stand out and add context to how "stingy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit stingy about adaptive and a usually stingy defense that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stingy" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and adeyemi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stingy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For Lil Stingy, being a Dragon offers a liberating escape. (10 words)
Their stingy zone defense is a well-oiled machine at this point. (12 words)
He knows title-winning campaigns are built upon clean sheets and stingy defences. (13 words)
The code isn't inherently worse than what's in proprietary programs from companies like Microsoft and Oracle, but companies are too stingy to hire skilled engineers to help maintain the open-source code that they rely on because they are freeloaders. (42 words)
There’s even a scandalous night when you beat up a bouncer, but despite the asides and training, you’ll find yourself heavyweight champion of the world in well under two hours, which feels distinctly stingy for the price tag. (40 words)
The combination of a stingy defense and a punishing running game worked for the Jets, and it could work again with an offensive line that features five road graders at the point of attack. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
A video of Sara Ali Khan was shared online recently where she herself admitted being 'very stingy'.
But Rooster isn't the only stingy sign, with Rat, Tiger and Snake also sharing this negative characteristic.
He knows title-winning campaigns are built upon clean sheets and stingy defences.
I told my son that we’d in effect paid for our own present and that he needs to communicate to his wife how improper and stingy this move was.
Stevens, 26, has built a reputation as a stingy defender during his time in the NBA.
The always stingy and disciplined Loyola defense will have to deal with Richard Barron.
The combination of a stingy defense and a punishing running game worked for the Jets, and it could work again with an offensive line that features five road graders at the point of attack.
Their stingy zone defense is a well-oiled machine at this point.
There’s even a scandalous night when you beat up a bouncer, but despite the asides and training, you’ll find yourself heavyweight champion of the world in well under two hours, which feels distinctly stingy for the price tag.
While the offenses look fairly similar, the same can be said for the defenses as the 2005 team and the 2023 team have proven to be pretty stingy units.
With Carlton the leader of that unit, his players have the utmost trust that the defense will remain stingy as he moves to head coach.
A usually stingy defense that couldn’t make stops against Jameis Winston in the snow now has to contain Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.
Chicago’s stingy secondary is a test for any QB, and Purdy passed with flying colors in Week 14, throwing for 325 yards and two TDs in a blowout.
For all of the talk of Boston’s goalies being buoyed by the stingy defense in front of them, it was quite the opposite last year with Swayman.
For Lil Stingy, being a Dragon offers a liberating escape.
I don't want us to look rude, stingy or even offend my cousin if we don't get something from the wedding registry they have set up.
I think the government needs to look at the funding, and they shouldn’t be stingy.
Kia’s a bit stingy about adaptive cruise control, though, which doesn’t come on any version below the SX trim level.
The code isn't inherently worse than what's in proprietary programs from companies like Microsoft and Oracle, but companies are too stingy to hire skilled engineers to help maintain the open-source code that they rely on because they are freeloaders.
The two Blantyre giants are tied on 8 points, with Wanderers boasting a superior goal difference and a stingy defense that has conceded just one goal.
Common combinations with stingy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- stingy defense 15×
- stingy with 8×
- and stingy 5×
- are stingy 5×
- the stingy 4×
- against stingy 3×
- so stingy 3×
- as stingy 2×
- stingy and 2×
- of stingy 2×