How to Use cheapskate in a Sentence

cheapskate

noun

• Candy No one wants to be known as the cheapskate on the block who gives out candy corn.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2017
• Or just follow the cheapskates to YouTube, where tens of thousands of free karaoke vids are a search away.
  — Michael Calore, Wired, 19 May 2020
• That doesn’t account for Mr. Wilmers, an 83-year-old cheapskate with an air of grandeur.
  — Christina Rexrode, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2017
• But for the cheapskates crafty folk among us, there’s no better stamp than a potato.
  — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 12 Feb. 2020
• Tan: For all the cheapskates who complain burgers aren’t cheap when you factor in the fries, this deal is for you.
  — Bethany Jean Clement, The Seattle Times, 10 July 2018
• Slightly spritzy and crisp, this summer wine is for cheapskates and light weights.
  — Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, 27 July 2017
• Teams have been owned by racists, cheapskates, fools, thieves, and, even, during the brief run of the United States Football League, .
  — Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2017
• And any of those cheapskate niggers who try to get out using the metro will regret that choice real fast.
  — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 5 Oct. 2017
• Many residents try to figure out what the others are giving so as not to stand out as the building's cheapskate.
  — Holly Peterson, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2016
• The prototype towers on Ed’s ranch are the epitome of cheapskate.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 11 June 2018
• So here is Rule No. 1 of Staycations: Don’t worry about looking like a cheapskate.
  — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• Parking enforcement should crack down on the cheapskates.
  — Lake County News-Sun, 24 May 2018
• But last week, my inner cheapskate led me to a spot with one of those sought-after stars and a menu that doesn’t require special financing.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
• An irony in Wilson’s bequest to Buffalo is that he was sometimes chided as a cheapskate by media and fans.
  — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 28 June 2017
• The Rhodes Memorial, in other words, is not of the cheapskate, Soviet variety.
  — Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
• The offline mapping data on Google Maps won't work for the serious backpacker, but a cheapskate on a leisurely hike, there are worse options.
  — Arielle Pardes, WIRED, 3 July 2019
• Working against this is that as long as Fisher keeps payroll rock-bottom and doesn’t mind criticism of his cheapskate business model, the A’s are still profitable.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 2021
• Airfarewatchdog - You can set up regular price alerts for favorite routes, but the real appeal for cheapskates with wanderlust is this site's Top 50 Fares of the Day page.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 July 2017
• Many cheapskates might find paying an annual fee for a credit card too much to stomach when so many cards, even ones with competitive rewards, charge none.
  — Gregory Karp, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
• Unfortunately, the movie does little to put audiences in visitors' shoes, depicting park guests as a bunch of cheapskates lured by the promise of free liquor.
  — Peter Debruge, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2018
• Last year’s gathering, when Trump scolded them as defense cheapskates and refused to say the United States was committed to their mutual defense pact, is still fresh in many minds.
  — Washington Post, 28 June 2018
• That probably describes cheapskates, who likely balk at paying finance charges for carrying a balance.
  — Gregory Karp, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
• Despite being crowned the richest man in the country by Forbes in 1957, J. Paul developed a reputation for being a terrible cheapskate, famously going so far as to temporarily install a payphone for guests to use at his house in London.
  — Jillian MacKenzie, Town & Country, 6 Jan. 2018
• There are cheapskates galore, dissemblers, busybodies, dullards and charlatans.
  — A.e. Stallings, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
• DeJoy was a rabid Yankees fan, a fierce opponent of organized labor, a maestro with profanity, a cheapskate professionally but a showoff personally, and a sharp dresser who sometimes welcomed tailors to his office and enforced a strict dress code.
  — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024