1. I became tired of his penny-pinching friends.

2. Local residents have accused the council of penny-pinching.

3. Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards.

4. His grandparents were humourless and penny-pinching.

5. And why be so penny-pinching in the matter of service, leaving poor Agnes and Adam Diggory overburdened with their load?

6. We are frail, penny-pinching, well-bundled and preoccupied with our small concerns.

7. Unfortunately we have a penny-pinching local government that spends as little as possible on parks and sports facilities.

8. LL: Penny-pinching is being very careful not to waste money.

9. This is expensive and painful, but cautious, penny-pinching governments end up paying more than those that tread boldly.

10. K: You can say that again! I've been penny-pinching all year!

11. Japanese firms have tried to be as penny-pinching on pay in their foreign operations as they have at home.

12. Penny-pinching at a time like this isn't just cruel; it endangers the nation's future.

13. But Nischan says the penny-pinching has actually helped his Connecticut restaurant, Dressing Room.

14. And penny-pinching at the expense of the unemployed is cruel as well as misguided.

15. In fact, penny-pinching is actually one common catalyst of divorce.

16. She could finally tolerate no more of his coldness and penny-pinching ways.

17. If you don't have to be frugal, you probably let some of your penny-pinching strategies slide.

18. Designers at the semi-annual Fashion Week face the dual challenges of trimming their own spending on the shows while enticing penny-pinching buyers and consumers to boost their spending.

19. And life insurers struggle to sell policies when people are penny-pinching.

20. As the national debate over fiscal policy descends ever deeper into penny-pinching, future-killing absurdity, one voice is curiously muted - that of President Obama.

21. That same scene has played out more than a few times in our 26-year marriage. Many a time I've carried penny-pinching to a ridiculous extreme.

22. Everyone is going to share the cost of public Wi-Fi because the penny-pinching public will gravitate to places that offer "free" Wi-Fi.

23. But Vegas is suffering - visitor numbers have fallen as penny-pinching gamblers stay away.

1. I became tired of his penny-pinching friends.