How to Use miserly in a Sentence

miserly

adjective

• He was given a miserly raise.
• The late-October day was peeled and cool; the light was miserly by six, the last remnants clawed in weak scratches across the sky.
  — Kevin Barry, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2016
• Some people are rich but miserly; most people are lazy and in debt.
  — Edmund White, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
• Partly as a result, the stock trades for a miserly three times earnings.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• Why not? — Potter is the miserly ogre with a stranglehold on the town of Bedford Falls.
  — John Hirschauer, National Review, 25 Dec. 2019
• The very name Scrooge has become a global synonym for stingy or miserly….
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
• Scrooge, of course, starts the story as a miserly grouch, and ends it charitably.
  — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
• The risk for automakers is that gas prices will spike and consumers will want more fuel-miserly cars again.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2018
• But even more significant than the causes of those miserly years at Wrigley Field was the effect.
  — Brian Costa, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2016
• Lost jobs mean no money for rent, at least with our miserly welfare system.
  — Lauren Sandler, Time, 28 May 2021
• Eighty-foot-tall trees growing in a narrow tree lawn ― that miserly little strip between the street and the sidewalk ― means that at least one side of the tree can't put down much in the way of roots.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2023
• The tax credit for these startup expenses is currently capped at a miserly $500 per year for the first three years.
  — Robert C. Pozen, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2018
• If even the most miserly, miserable of characters has the potential for change, then so too does the reader.
  — Laura Zornosa, Time, 18 Nov. 2022
• The Reserve Bank of Australia is hoping Aussies don't get too complacent about their miserly pay gains.
  — Chris Bourke, Bloomberg.com, 21 June 2017
• Then, as president, Trump made not the slightest effort to raise the minimum wage, which remains the same miserly $7.25 an hour.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
• From my experience, there is nobody more miserly than the FBI.
  — John Sipher, Slate Magazine, 11 Sep. 2017
• The law says that miserly little one-time death benefit can only be paid to a surviving spouse.
  — Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 6 Dec. 2020
• The song, in which Scrooge’s young love bids him a tearful goodbye due to his miserly ways, was cut from the film’s original theatrical release.
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 11 Dec. 2022
• Many customers were insulted by the miserly, one-time rebates CPS announced in April.
  — Greg Jefferson, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2021
• Opt for the miserly gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain and the Camry returns up to 52 mpg combined, per the EPA.
  — Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2023
• To pay for the odyssey across seven countries, Mr. Alejos sold his repair shop in his hometown of Barquisimeto in northern Venezuela for the miserly sum of $750.
  — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2022
• Mileage-miserly Japanese cars got a firm foothold in the American market.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022
• The message, inhospitable and miserly, feels far away from the world of Nichols’s graceful domestic images.
  — Sarah Blackwood, The New Yorker, 18 July 2021
• Enter Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man who is visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve.
  — CBS News, 21 Dec. 2019
• Romano loaded the bases with no outs in the first – hurt a bit by some miserly umpiring by Pat Hoberg – but managed to allow just one run to score, on a sacrifice fly.
  — Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• Newell’s Ghost of Christmas Present, a more hectoring spirit, will take over to reveal the tragic consequence of a miserly life.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
• Viewed from a certain miserly angle, this may sound fiscally clever.
  — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Sep. 2021
• Directing the classic tale about four ghosts visiting a miserly old man on Christmas Eve is something Audrain has wanted to do for a long time.
  — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2021
• Broadway Rose offers a musical version of the timeless story of a miserly man forced to face his selfish ways when three ghosts lead him through his Past, Present and Future.
  — oregonlive, 24 Nov. 2021
• Among those who bowled at least 300 deliveries, only four conceded runs at a more miserly rate.
  — M.j., The Economist, 18 July 2019

Last Updated: 24 Oct 2024