2 Sentences With "penny pinched"

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Like the generation that came of age during the Depression and penny-pinched even when they were well-off later in life, buyers in their 103s and 30s today entered adulthood with the imprint of financial trauma. from The New York Times
Secretly, she accumulates penny-pinched savings in a locked trunk. Though the couple are happy, the friendship between Marcus and McTeague deteriorates. More than once the two men come to grips; each time McTeague's immense physical strength prevails, and eventually he breaks Marcus's arm in a fight. When Marcus recovers, he goes south, intending to become a rancher; before he leaves, he visits the McTeagues, and he and McTeague part apparently as friends.