How to Use stint in a Sentence

stint

1 of 2 noun
  • So why does even a short stint work?
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2026
  • McGuire had a very short stint in the big leagues.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But this reprisal comes after many stints of strips on menus.
    — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Yet for those with yearlong stints, that can be a respite.
    — Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The two have already served short stints in jail this month.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
  • That includes two stints with the Braves.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • There were two or three stints in rehab which didn’t quite seem to take.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This isn’t Woods’ first stint in rehab.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Tyus Jones had a three-minute stint sprinkled in.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026
  • This will mark Kafka’s first stint as a head coach.
    — Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Guts trails by just 10 stints on the rundown.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • This led to his stint as head coach for the Chargers.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The length of the rehab stint is unknown.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • His numbers in his first stint with the team were also not great.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Cash said he likely will be used in two-inning stints.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2026
  • Spencer Jones’ first stint in the majors has come to an end.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
  • By rule, his minor league stint will be 20 days or less.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Lanning has done a lot of winning in his first stint as a head coach.
    — Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • This frame marks the blockbuster's ninth stint running the show.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • But then again, longer stints also means you might be done by halftime.
    — Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Kishimori’s current stint is for three years.
    — Carol Cain, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • This will be Warsh's second stint at the Fed.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 13 May 2026
  • Despite their brief stints as costars, Bathé told E!
    — Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
  • More on his short stint as Braves manager here.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 12 May 2026
  • This is his fourth stint with the Patriots.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
  • He was released from a three-year stint in 2007.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Zhang and Sun both have other stints in the restaurant world, as well.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Try a sound bath, reiki session, or stint in the infrared sauna.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Giles tried extreme diets and long stints on the treadmill.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • Wade is back for his second stint at LSU.
    — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2026

stint

2 of 2 verb
  • Greenblatt doesn’t stint on praise for his subject.
    — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The spot doesn’t stint on the crazy stunts that have become the franchise’s signature.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Now, New York chefs aren’t stinting on potato technique.
    — Tamar Adler, Vogue, 3 June 2026
  • The company’s suits did not stint on the budget for beautiful leaded glass and wrought iron.
    — Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The documentary also doesn’t stint on the lows in Vandross’ life.
    — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The musical doesn’t stint on head-bashing, but the viciousness is mostly on the surface — at least for the Greasers.
    — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • McArthur launched on the same spacecraft just under a year later for her crew rotation stint aboard the ISS.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • John, one of the best-selling musicians of all time, delivers a funny and frank memoir about fame and addiction that doesn’t stint on the celebrity gossip.
    — Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Classical music fans will be pleased that McCartney does not stint on that aspect of the studio’s history.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022
  • And Bart, at least in his lyrics, does not stint on bleakness; even the bouncy title song is violent, proposing various ugly fates for the boy who dares to ask for more food.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 4 May 2023
  • The United States has stinted its aid until now, but Ukraine itself and its European allies are filling the gaps.
    — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Add too much or too little water, treat the fit sloppily, or stint on the time each layer takes to harden, and you’ll be left with a mound of dust instead of a shapely shell that will defy rain and stand up to tremors.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Bratton’s script doesn’t stint on the punishing ordeal of rigorous physical training coupled with verbal abuse and violence.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The gentlemen designers Dolce and Gabbana certainly do not stint on locations.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • McVicar hardly stinted on depravity.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Gregory doesn’t stint from covering the misogyny affecting those women, either.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Wicks gave up 11 runs in 6 1/3 innings in his first Cubs stint this season, before going back down to Triple-A Iowa.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • The figures, however, suggest that Saturday did not stint on our other summer staple, humidity.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Cabrera will test his blister with an extended bullpen session Sunday, the same day Boyd will begin his rehab stint with Triple-A Iowa.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2026
  • Ortiz played for the Rock Cats as a Twins minor leaguer in 1997, and also made a rehab stint there in 2001.
    — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Acquired out of Sundance by A24, the film is thematically a bit thin but doesn’t stint on genuine scares, intensity or revulsion.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2023
  • But like candid reality shows, the secret goal of everyone in the game is to get a little bit more famous, parlaying their Traitors stint into more projects, and maybe even future appearances on this or other shows!
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 6 Feb. 2025
  • His first book was an honest-to-God bestseller, and the Murdoch family, which owns HarperCollins, isn’t known for stinting on its payments to political allies.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Her stage stint in Play It Again, Sam came in 1969, followed by a movie role in Lovers and Other Strangers (1970).
    — Ellen Burney, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In the first game of his rehab stint with the Aviators, All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson went 2-for-4 with a double before exiting the game in the top of the seventh inning.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Romano’s sturdy book may not stint on examples of Mary’s bad behavior—including a ferociously jealous verbal assault, near the end of the war, on the wife of a prominent Union general—but the biographer keeps tilting against those who slighted Mary in even the most superficial ways.
    — Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Veteran utilityman Pablo Reyes, a rare player to have recently stinted with both the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, has been released by the San Diego Padres.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Now an Oscar nominee for his performance in Ryan Coogler's Sinners, Jordan reflected on his All My Children stint during a recent interview with Sirius XM, where he was treated to some kind words for his former soap costar, Susan Lucci.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026

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