How to Use skimpy in a Sentence

skimpy

adjective

• The key to this fun snack is to not be skimpy with the toppings.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
• The bad is that Apple is very skimpy on ports, just two for the Pro.
  — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2020
• No one wears a white coat or a skimpy, ill-fitting gown.
  — Eric Snoey, Wired, 23 May 2020
• There’s a power cord and a skimpy pamphlet with a QR code.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• When only the surface layer of the soil is moist, roots will be short and skimpy.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 14 Aug. 2021
• To be fair about it, from the vantage point of 2019, the pay rate was kind of skimpy, in Alabama’s case.
  — al, 28 Dec. 2019
• Don’t be skimpy with the salt: use about 1 tablespoon per lemon.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 17 May 2022
• This isn't the first time that Hadid has donned a skimpy top during the chilly weather.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Dec. 2020
• Model Cindy Bruna wears an extra-skimpy version of the set to the fall show in Paris this month.
  — Rory Satran, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2022
• In the video, Aguilera sports a skimpy bra and leather chaps while grinding around in a sweaty boxing ring.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2022
• The ride was made all the more challenging by a skimpy road shoulder and trucks zooming by.
  — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
• The ratio of filling to chocolate is too heavy on the chocolate, and too skimpy on the crispy rice, praline, etc.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 22 Feb. 2023
• In the warm days of summer, gymnasts compete in skimpy outfits and bare feet.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2022
• The pulls are skimpy, though, averaging just two crab per pot.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2021
• But a skimpy snowpack could make for even more dire conditions in 2022.
  — oregonlive, 20 Aug. 2021
• Much of the initial funding went to salaries, which were uniformly skimpy.
  — Tracy Kidder, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• There's no skimpy sprinkle of feta on true Greek salads in the islands.
  — Heather Fulbright, CNN, 3 Sep. 2021
• If the numbers are skimpy, viewers might assume something is wrong and move on.
  — New York Times, 2 July 2021
• The meals were skimpy compared to what’s served in the cafeteria line at Glide Memorial Church.
  — Kevin Fagan, SFChronicle.com, 20 Apr. 2020
• Others saw too skimpy of a track record to entice such a big investment.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
• The selection of sizes and colors for sweaters, for example, can be skimpy one week but then well stocked the next.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2021
• Emma sits in her office chair wearing a skimpy tank top, her bare legs crossed.
  — Sam Lipsyte, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
• But his skimpy body of work means his starting spot isn’t cemented.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 22 Apr. 2020
• There seems to be a glimmer of hope on the horizon that men are returning to their skimpy shorts-wearing roots.
  — Hanna Phifer, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 May 2021
• Twain urged Kotb to try on her wardrobe — skimpy performance trunks and all — and then did her best to put the show host at ease and shepherd her on stage.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 July 2023
• From the trailer, fans picked up on the fact that Jules’s costumes are a lot darker and sometimes less skimpy this season.
  — Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2022
• Yet what was most striking about the surprisingly stiff and skimpy speech was how much Trump hasn’t done in four years—and even that at a cost.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2020
• On another visit, the Irish stew is all wrong, pale as the chowder and skimpy with lamb chunks amid the carrots and potatoes.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
• For Slim that means a comfortable velour tracksuit; for Queen, a skimpy zebra-stripe slip dress and high-heeled boots.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2019
• The laptop cuts the 3.5 mm jack, leaving a very skimpy port selection: one Thunderbolt 4 port on each side of the deck.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024