How to Use cheapskate in a Sentence

cheapskate

noun
  • Slightly spritzy and crisp, this summer wine is for cheapskates and light weights.
    — Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, 27 July 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • Unlike many other teams that have made baseball a haven for cheapskates, the Dodgers invest much of their revenue back into the roster.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • That probably describes cheapskates, who likely balk at paying finance charges for carrying a balance.
    — Gregory Karp, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • There are cheapskates galore, dissemblers, busybodies, dullards and charlatans.
    — A.e. Stallings, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
  • The Rhodes Memorial, in other words, is not of the cheapskate, Soviet variety.
    — Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • 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

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