| 单词 | stinting |
| 例句 | The attendants also hurried to show the hospitality of the great house, setting food and wine before him and stinting him in nothing. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “No stinting, I see,” Luke said, taking up a fork with a gesture which would have confirmed his aunt’s worst suspicions. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I narrated its events, not stinting Pro Bono’s actions therein. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There is no stinting on flavor, however; the chicken mixture is laced with aromatic spices. A January Menu That Comforts and Restores 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Sunflowers are willing partners, but columbines are stinting. The ground is cold, but the seed market is open for business 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z But the work of his orchestra has been consistently agile and virtuosic, an ideal vehicle for his goal of bringing out rarely heard details without stinting overall blend and drive. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z He messaged her, not stinting on the flattery: “I said, ‘I didn’t know I was being followed by an Instagram star.’ A Medium Meets His Match (and Gives Her a ‘Full-on Reading’) 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The finale walked a knife-edge between paranoia and celebration: Without stinting depth of tone, the orchestra made shrill hysteria seem perpetually around the corner. Review: David Robertson Leads the St. Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The work was also helped by fine performances from the veteran mezzo-soprano Jane Shaulis and the soprano Caroline Worra, who managed to make the murderous wife human without stinting her malignancy. Critic?s Notebook: At Vox Festival, Future of City Opera Sounds All Too Familiar 2011-05-16T21:55:57Z The catalog, in a break from auction houses’ current stinting on printing costs, is more than a foot tall. Antiques: Happy Sales: Christie?s Auctions Roy Rogers Items 2010-07-08T21:30:00Z “Insurgent” taps into the energy without stinting on the doubt and the pain—even if its action is wrapped in an eclectic batch of symbols suggesting a higher purpose, a version of patriotic redemption. The Apocalypse Will Be Like High School 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z It was a makeshift setting, but there was nothing stinting or perfunctory about his apology, and that made sense: there is nothing stinting or perfunctory about his golf game. The TV Watch: Vulnerability in a Disciplined Performance 2010-02-20T02:50:00Z The point is to provide an incentive to stick around, even if that means stinting on those who will not. Can Britain’s Top Bookseller Save Barnes & Noble? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z "It captures the play's passion, pathos and intelligence, without stinting on Hansberry's dry humor," the New York Post said. Denzel Washington win raves on Broadway for 'A Raisin in the Sun' 2014-04-04T17:11:48Z He did this with elegant vengeance favoring formal power over narrative while stinting neither on his subjects’ dignity, nor on the harsh realities that many faced. The Photographer Who Found His Power in Shades of Gray 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Watching this production, which is billed as the play’s regional premiere, you might assume that he manages to be prolific by stinting on polish-and-rewrite mode. Review | Despite some first-rate performances, ‘Hero’s Welcome’ is a slog 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Though occasionally stagy, Mr. Staller’s production presents its ideas lucidly while never stinting the emotions that underlie them. 'Major Barbara' Is Revived at the Pearl Theater 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z And even if it were easy, frugal travelers might ask themselves, wouldn’t stinting on payment pretty much guarantee that the sitter would be a serial killer? An Affordable Sitter in a Foreign Land 2010-04-14T03:03:00Z There was little immediate evidence of stinting backstage as the Met began to put into action the budget cuts it agreed to as part of the union agreements it reached last month. The Met Prepares for Opening Night 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z She develops a story that could easily lapse into the cartoonishness of “Vice” or “The Favourite” and instead renders it concretely tragic, without at all stinting on its elements of comedy and wonder. 2019 Oscar Nominations and Predictions (And Who Should Have Made the List) 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Along with the plot, there’s no stinting on description. Black Death and the Black Arts: A Deadly Fictional Duo 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z My own were slow to get established, lacked vigor, flopped and were stinting in flower. The showy dahlia stages a comeback, but for these enthusiasts it never went away 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z All these styles come together in “The Percussionist’s Art,” his 2006 book that is a kind of memoir in music: poetic and thoughtful, but without stinting on detailed measure-by-measure advice for his fellow performers. The ‘Philosopher King’ of Percussion Starts His Next Chapter 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The writing is smart and the episodes well structured, but much of the credit goes to Mr. Kinnear, who maintains a veneer of charm without stinting on his character’s underlay of seedy desperation. Television Review: In ‘Rake,’ on Fox, Greg Kinnear Is a Smart Ne’er-Do-Well 2014-01-22T22:54:04Z Never stinting on the work’s beauty but making the score newly rollicking, Mr. Jacobs peels off deep layers of calcification. This Conductor’s Mozart Isn’t for the Faint of Ear 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z But it manages to do that without stinting on the humor and lightness that are also crucial to the piece. Review: A Happy Ending in LoftOpera’s ‘Così Fan Tutte,’ With an Edge 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Here, though, she benefits from a hypernaturalistic staging by Simon Stone, whose style anchors “Innocence” in reality without stinting its surreal fluidity. Review: A Composer Creates Her Masterpiece With ‘Innocence’ 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Never stinting on detail — or, apparently, period research — Nottage forces the audience to keep sight of the larger pressures pushing all her characters into situations they must eventually escape more explosively. Review: In ‘Intimate Apparel,’ Letting the Seamstress Sing 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Though the Dutch colony in New Amsterdam, now New York, became a significant haven, its embrace of Jews was stinting. A Jewish Exodus to a New Nation 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Though occasionally stagey, David Staller’s production presents its ideas lucidly while never stinting the emotions that underlie them. Theater Listings for Dec. 12-18 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The minor duds — the flea-beetled eggplants, the stinting watermelons — were overshadowed by all the successes, including a surfeit of choice varieties of tomatoes, greens, beans, squashes and okra, to name a few. In a challenging, exhausting year, the garden has been a lifeline for many 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The gorgeous simplicity belies the care taken — this is Edomae-style sushi, with seasonal fish painstakingly marinated or cured, stintingly adorned with intense intention. 11 best eats of 2022 from Seattle Times restaurant critic Bethany Jean Clement 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z It seems stinting to criticize servers, who are essential workers coping in far-from-ideal circumstances. Welcome to Applebee’s! Can I Get You Started With Some Disinfectant? 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Emmanuel Macron and the French weren’t stinting – there was pomp, ceremony and lavish military displays, not to mention handshakes between the two new presidents. Unpaid, unelected, unknowable? The mystery of presidential first ladies 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z A law graduate from New York, Kelleher’s low-cost mantra apparently did not extend to stinting on his own employees’ wages. 'Democratiser of the skies', budget airline's Herb Kelleher, dies 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z We remain convinced, in contradiction of all the available evidence, that stinting on sleep makes us heroic and industrious, rather than stupid and fat. Why We Sleep, and Why We Often Can’t 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Totenberg wrote, adding that there was "evidence that certain counties and precincts stintingly provided provisional ballots to voters despite the volume of individuals facing registration issues at the polls." Federal judge rules Georgia county violated Civil Rights Act in pitching absentee ballots 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Totenberg also pointed to "evidence that certain counties and precincts stintingly provided provisional ballots to voters despite the volume of individuals facing registration issues at the polls." Judge rules against Brian Kemp: Stacey Abrams scores major legal win in Georgia governor’s race 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z "Sher embraces both legacies, doing justice to the deeper themes but never stinting on the spectacle." Has The King and I had its day? 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Restaurants offering lower-cost tasting menus say they are able to do so without stinting on quality. Conveyor-Belt Sushi Restaurant’s Latest Menu Rollout: Omakase 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z And this hard work of cultivation is the thing that was missing from President Trump’s stinting remarks afterward. Opinion | Hatred doesn’t have to be taught 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z By blurring the line where narrative expediency ends and shrewd slice-of-life observation begins, the filmmakers have made a breathless, propulsive action movie without stinting on any of the close-to-the-skin realism that distinguished their earlier work. With a revelatory Robert Pattinson in the lead, 'Good Time' proves exactly that 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Answer: Here’s another case where stinting on an estate planning attorney’s fee probably cost the heirs vastly more. Degrees of debt: The downside of federal student loans 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Around the turn of the century, the Dixie Chicks were the biggest and best band in country music, able to cross over to pop audiences without stinting on the fiddle and banjo. Miranda Lambert’s Power Play 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z He can create an admirably crisp orchestral sound, bringing out all the layers of a score, without stinting on power or lyricism. Big questions for new Met Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z It exemplifies the work of a judge who is moderate by conviction, while making clear that being moderate does not mean stinting on upholding essential democratic safeguards, like those against threats to good government. President Obama’s Sensible Supreme Court Choice 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z “This is very stinting,” the Haggler wrote to Mr. Guss, “to put it generously.” Breaking a Toshiba Laptop Owner’s Cycle of Repair 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z A nation composed entirely of rugged individualists—so stinting that they had almost no needs, so solitary that those needs never conflicted with those of their compatriots—would not, it is true, need much governance. Henry David Thoreau, Hypocrite 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z He accuses Clinton — cordially, for the most part — of stinting on policy and ducking controversial issues, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade deal and construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. O’Malley opposes both. Far down in polls, Martin O'Malley says, 'What, me worry?' 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z If doctors are rewarded for practicing more conservative medicine, some could end up stinting on care. America’s Epidemic of Unnecessary Care 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z “But it would be a mistake for policymakers not to address the potential for unintended consequences such as stinting on needed care or discouraging innovation.” How Insurers Curb Costly Hips, Knees And Other Medical Devices 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Several Medicare statistics analyzed by The Post indicate that some hospices may be stinting on patient care in order to pad profits. Congress approves tighter scrutiny of hospices The hospitals must meet certain quality standards to ensure that they are not stinting on care. Hospitals and Insurer Join Forces in California 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z The absence of such care suggests that some hospice outfits are stinting on nursing attention, according to hospice experts. Terminal neglect: How some hospices decline to treat the dying 2014-05-04T00:34:37Z And because she wasn’t supposed to tell anyone before the official announcement, she retreated to an obscure corner of the arena, dropped to her knees and sobbed without stinting. Ashley Wagner makes Olympic figure skating team despite finish at U.S. championships 2014-01-12T17:10:00Z Ms. Ashforth recalled that her father, who also had a home on Nantucket, balanced the world of work and the outdoors without stinting on family life. Donal O’Brien, Audubon Leader, Dies at 79 2013-09-11T03:27:45Z Expecting a close election, they focused their energies on stirring up their core supporters while stinting on vision and stoking fear. For Obama, Survival Is the New Winning 2012-11-08T10:50:21Z Not content with stinting and freezing these poor, lone creatures, to death, Numa forbade them to repeat the matrimonial experiment, for ten months. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z In Lexington he had bought himself a "snack," but because he was penuriously hoarding his small capital, he spent with a stinting hand and pushed onward unsatisfied. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z The mother of Guido, a proud, avaricious woman, who governed the household despotically, took to stinting it even in the necessary food. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z “Think of her stinting herself to do so much an hour, when she might as well be amusing herself.” The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z With full understanding, and thirty years' experience, and no stinting as regards money, he had laboured to adapt the ladies' rooms to their fullest possible requirements. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z It was considered heretical to even speak of stinting the wealth that was freely poured into the coffers of the hierarchy. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Do not undertake to go trouting stintingly equipped, which is not saying that you are to dress and act like a circus clown. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z There is no greater folly than stinting a man in his liquid. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z And though she measured his hourly joy in the pride of having her undivided affection, she felt herself meanly stinting him of that secret hoard of gratitude which lay so warm in her heart. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z No stinting of the dressing, I can tell you. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Thus the light of religion may be diffused without stinting him who communicates it. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z He had rode night and day, never once stinting the light gallop, as he said, and had changed his horse seven times. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z To make sure no one is stinting on care, the oncologists involved review one another’s treatment decisions and results. Insurers Test New Cancer Pay Systems 2010-10-20T02:52:00Z But there is no stinting a veiled, almost structural anthropomorphism here. Books of The Times: ?Anthill? by E. O. Wilson: Coming-of-Age Tale 2010-04-08T20:48:00Z Or Lloyd Blankfein, chief executive of Goldman Sachs, who offered a stinting apology for his firm’s role in the financial collapse. The Art of the Public Apology 2010-02-20T20:04:00Z When there she told her budget of news,—not stinting her child of the gratification which it was sure to give. Rachel Ray Every due was paid, but none knew by what hard stinting, for resolute pride uttered no plea, and hid every sign. The Unknown Sea The King's affairs no stinting hands require, And days prolonged still mock our fond desire. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches "I do," I replied, not stinting any of the astonishment I really felt. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth The low price means no stinting in either material or workmanship. Kodaks and Kodak Supplies 1914 He knew himself to be a shepherd who did not fear the noonday heat; but he was wrong in this,—that he suspected all other shepherds of stinting their work. Rachel Ray Not stinting oaths, he whirled on her after a moment and asked where the securities were. Three Thousand Dollars It was no stinting brush that laid them on. Seeds of Pine Is it for this, indeed, one has relations—that they may come and lay waste the house, while we are stinting all the year round just to stuff these locusts! Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 There is generally, indeed, large expenditure abroad, and painful stinting at home. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Progress in wealth will not build a barrier against itself by stinting the resources on which hereafter labor must rely. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy "Why not stop over Sunday, and make an honourable week of it and no stinting?" When Ghost Meets Ghost It belonged to that time of degradation and stinting and foulness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 By extreme stinting she finally saved enough to 'buy him loose'—her optimistic way of saying 'pay a lawyer for his defense.' Wings of the Wind Betty knew nothing of her uncle’s finances, beyond the fact that he had been very generous with her, sending her checks frequently and never stinting her by word or suggestion. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune No discontinuance of essential services, no stinting of them, and no demand for extortionate returns for them can be tolerated without a perversion of the economic system. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy Under the cloak of art much self-amusement and vulgar self-display tries to justify itself, and many mercenary interests are concerned in stinting its vitality. The Truth About Woman There is no such thing as stinting aboard a ship, unless when reduced to difficulties by stormy weather. James Boswell Famous Scots Series I used to glory in giving up one little comfort after another, and stinting myself that he might have the books he needed when he was at Oxford. Lover or Friend Miserly and niggardly persons seek to gain by mean and petty savings; the miserly by stinting themselves, the niggardly by stinting others. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions As the whole of an establishment becomes larger its product becomes cheaper; but, in the enlargement, there should be no undue stinting in the amount of land used. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy He thinks it quite natural that I should go on toiling and stinting myself.” Phoebe, Junior During this quiet and uneventful period of routine work he devoted his spare time to the poor and sick of the neighborhood, stinting himself that he might have larger means wherewith to relieve others. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The space, as it were, the material which these occupy and exhaust, has to be paid for; rapture is paid for by subsequent stinting, and excess by subsequent bankruptcy. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life "All that I want to know—I wouldn't dream of stinting you—is—how much do you intend to eat?" Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 That team had done nothing for more than a week, and there was no stinting of oats and maize at Cedar. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter There’s no stinting on Captain Murray’s good ship though a lot of cast-iron rules that one must never break. Dorothy's Travels But then nobody thought of stinting him, especially as his bones were none too well covered. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia The particular qualities in the climate, stinting the growth and enfeebling the spirit of the native animals, have also proved injurious to such as have been transported to the Canadas by their present European inhabitants. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) But perhaps a vain desire to rival the vast height of their neighbours sometimes set the Norman builders to attempt something of comparative height by stinting their churches in the article of breadth. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine The major had learned a good deal about the noble art of stinting these last few weeks. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights It was like her, if she gave at all, to give not furtively or in haste, but openly, deliberately, without stinting the measure or counting the cost. The Long Run 1916 She had had her own way, and in stinting herself had found her own reward. Orley Farm When he awoke he was ravenously hungry, and in a day or two he began to abuse the nurse who tended him for stinting his victuals. Despair's Last Journey "You, who are a connoisseur—" "Oh! she plays perfectly," I rejoined, without stinting my praise. French and Oriental Love in a Harem No stinting in the abundance of food is known on the farm. New Ideals in Rural Schools I should be so thankful if I could help, for it’s horrid to know the people at home are stinting themselves for your sake. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story We should both have been miserable in cheap pensions, stinting ourselves of everything we liked. The Independence of Claire There was no thought in those fresh days of stinting labour or of making rules for it—so many hours for work and so many hours for recreation, and such and such hours for meals. Despair's Last Journey There is no stinting of the epic proportions or suppression of the epic devices. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature In the meantime, Gervase Norgate was not a churl: he did not dream of stinting his wife in her perquisites, though he was not fond of her, and they now no longer lived comfortably together. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Scene is laid to scene, therefore, as many as he requires; he had no thought of stinting himself in that respect. The Craft of Fiction Despite this daily anxiety, Con spent his earliest years light-heartedly enough, with no stinting of pitaties—none at least that reached the childer—and ample scope for sports and pastimes. Strangers at Lisconnel Remember, Polly, I allow no stinting; we must have a plentiful table. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl We need not be stinting in our allowance of time; our imagination will be tired of conceiving of it sooner than thought of supplying it. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism He did not add, what was the truth, that lately he had been stinting himself on his luncheons in the effort to save a little more of his earnings. By the Light of the Soul A Novel He was not niggardly by nature; and had he given stintingly of his affection to this woman who was to him the best? The Stolen Singer What's the use stinting and pinching oneself into a straight and narrow track when those out on the broad way are having all the life—and getting away with it? "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues "It's nothing but stinting—going on at me as you do!" she sullenly answered. Verner's Pride She ran away, when I was stinting myself to keep her. Love Stories Abe said, however, that he was rich and stood pretty high in the neighborhood—stinting, flogging and drinking were no great disadvantages to a man in Georgetown, Maryland. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. This stated that in looking over his affairs he had just discovered that by stinting himself in another direction he could manage to scrape together twenty-five dollars, and this he was enclosing. Twelve Men In his own outlay there was no stinting; the duke's progress was pompous and stately as was his wont. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 She has been saving and stinting until she can save and stint no more. The Jericho Road The answer was that most of them try very hard indeed, and will use all their money for this purpose, even stinting themselves of absolute necessaries. Regeneration An engineer named Goldsack had gone from England to construct them, and, that there might be no stinting in the work, Lord Cochrane offered to surrender all his share of prize-money. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I I generally do, and as this is me last, I'm not stinting measurement. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 13, 1890 You darling one, you beloved mother, stinting yourself, scraping your own life bare, so as to give me this chance. Christine The final word about this Child will be that having loved his own He loved them unto the uttermost, he loved them without stinting, with the uttermost capacity of love. Our Lady Saint Mary This cutting down, stinting, and economy everywhere has told upon the population of the village. Hodge and His Masters To multiply them with no stinting hand is the paramount question of the day in the department of construction. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 Only at the cost of painful stinting could she send him anything at all. The Torrent Entre Naranjos You know how your mothers or wives or sisters have been slaving and stinting—what pain is theirs, what burdens, what troubles. The Nine-Tenths He supplied them with funds, stinting himself in order to maintain them decently and to satisfy their wishes. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti The French peasant saves by stinting, and puts aside a franc by pinching both belly and back. Hodge and His Masters Hesiod tells us to drink without stinting of The end and the beginning of the cask. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Two others oped their iron jaws, And waved their children-stealing paws; There sat their children in gewgaws; By stinting negroes' backs and maws, They kept up heavenly union. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Madame Calderon drew faithful portraits of many of the politicians of those days, not stinting her praise to such men of honour as Bustamante, nor hiding her sympathy towards the much reviled Santa Anna. Life in Mexico Does the reader, remembering what was said some pages back, care to ask how I answered these letters: whether under the dry, stinting check of Reason, or according to the full, liberal impulse of Feeling? Villette For a considerable time she had, by the stinting of what had before that seemed necessities, been making a shilling do the work of eighteenpence, and now she knew nothing beyond, except to go without. Far Above Rubies No worry, no disputing, no stinting of one's self to be borne with a sigh. Men in War There is no greater mistake than that existing in most sanitary institutions— stinting in the larder and the kitchen. The Opium Habit Nothing pleased the marquis worse than the least appearance of stinting the consumption of coal. Malcolm We're stinting ourselves on our own supplies now, and farther north the Company will soon be on famine rations if the cold doesn't let up—and it won't. The Grizzly King He had expensive fantasies, which he was not in the habit of stinting. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) You ain't had time, Harry, to ask yourself what becomes of the house allowance, with me stinting so. Gaslight Sonatas Forthright moving is in the over part of the circle that is called Epicycle, backward is in the nether part, and stinting and abiding or hoving is in the middle. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Can't you see that he's stinting himself so's them—" "Now, Melissa," implored Mr. Bingle, "don't say anything on Christmas Eve that you'll be sorry for afterwards. Mr. Bingle There’s a great demand for Western settlers, and Mr. Lambert Meredith writes me to pick him up a good man at horses and gardening, without stinting the price. Janice Meredith Our hearty and large-souled ancestors never dreamed of weighing every miserable coin, or of stinting the measure of their generous wines or foaming ale. The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges It wasn't the struggling, stinting, self-denying that galled him—it was the inadequacy of the result. Tales of Men and Ghosts In food she was already stinting herself to the verge of starvation. The Unclassed To whom a glance or word avails to hint His proper errand; and—as glimpses only Do only serve to whet the wish to see— Awakens interest to hear the tale So stintingly that’s told. The Love-chase I recall one spell, not so many years ago, when I camped informally on the Holden lot, sleeping where I could find a bed and stinting myself in food to eke out my little savings. Merton of the Movies He brought brandy and water from the sideboard with no stinting hand, and within ten minutes Mr. Carewe was in his accustomed seat, competent to finish his breakfast. The Two Vanrevels But as concerning the dead, I grudge you not to burn them; for dead corpses is there no stinting; when they once are dead, of the swift propitiation of fire. The Iliad Sometimes Tartarin wondered what on earth the lady did with them all, but he paid up nevertheless, and without stinting. Tartarin De Tarascon It has been cut with no stinting hand. North America — Volume 1 No. 38,—one of those old-fashioned dwellings, such as they build no more, since ground is sold at twelve hundred francs the square metre; in which there is no stinting of space. Other People's Money Why should we be pinching and stinting to keep him in idleness?' New Grub Street Neither would stoop to stinting or to shirking, neither would give the other an inch of ground for complaint. Cabin Fever They screw and pinch to bring up their children, and what not; and dress shabby and go without a lot which the working man never thinks of stinting himself in. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields |
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