Sentence examples of "stingy" in English
Once upon a time, there lived a stingy old man in the village.
Il était une fois un vieil homme avare qui vivait au village.
He is inclined to look at everything from the standpoint of its practicality and is neither stingy nor extravagant.
Il a tendance à considérer toute chose sous un angle pratique et n'est ni avare ni prodigue.
Strangely, rich people tend to be stingier than poor people.
Curieusement, les gens riches tendent à être plus radins que les pauvres.
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