skimpy
Example Sentences
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I couldn’t help but tell her everything — there was much to say as we walked past men in skimpy swim trunks and children darting in and out of the waves.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023
Several years ago he discussed merging with the chain publishing a skimpy daily in nearby Ontario.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023
“A lot of people come to these things and they don’t even understand the language,” says Harry, a filmmaker who passes for the villain in the noisy yet skimpy new musical “KPOP.”
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022
Kula died in 1988, so we can’t ask him what he thinks about skimpy in-flight salads or skinny Gatorade bottles, but he did write about the political effect of maintaining a just price for goods.
From Slate • Aug. 26, 2022
Granny always wore her skimpy gray hair pulled straight back behind her ears and fastened in a ball.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Vocabulary lists containing skimpy
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