Miser used in a sentence

Miser in a sentence as a noun

By all means be a miser if that makes you feel better, but don't cloak your actions in "morality".

I would live like a miser for 2-3 years and retire to do whatever I wanted. Maybe 4 if I felt like travelling the world for a decade.

To assume a healthy savings means I must be a miser is unwarranted. Most who are thin are not anorexic.

Or you're the heat miser and I'm the cold miser. Either way, I can spot a dumb argument as quickly as you can, and just because I'm imperfect doesn't mean I'm not going to point them out.

The cognitive miser theory is fascinating. Thank you for having put the effort to follow up.

If I saw my friend taking out this app and being a miser about something like this, I'd probably not drink with them again. ****, I wouldn't drink with myself again if I pulled out this app.

Stories about unhappy, but rich misers have been around a long time, so I'd guess that there's some truth to them. Money buys experiences and comfort, but it can't buy true relationships.

Dying a rich miser who never enjoyed life is a crappy way to go, just as crappy as being old and broke. As with all things, there's a middle path that probably maximizes both short and long term happiness.

So I started saving my money like a miser, and after a few years had enough in the bank to quit cold turkey. Had no idea what I was going to do, but just let them know I was done at the end of my two-year commitment.

If the man becomes a miser, the price of maid service drops to $24,999 and the marginal purchaser has a clean home. Saying it's a bad measure of individual wealth, while true, is completely beside the point.

When it's taken to excess, like the author is complaining about, the noun is "cheapskate" or "miser" and the adjective is "cheap" or "penny-pinching".

Sure, there's some niceties that that I could pick up with a $48k salary that would ease some stress, but I'm certainly not living like a miser. I'm seeing Joshua Bell in concert next week, my fiancee and I have two cars, and the we go out to eat regularly.

A serious miser will religiously turn it off before they walk out the door but most people won't. Many people even leave the thermostat set at a comfortable temperature because they dislike coming home to a very cold/hot house.

But these people don't view the cranky old miser in It's a Wonderful Life as a glorious capitalist hero, or George as a socialist. I know these people agree with giving to those they know in need, but when it's broader assistance, like through government, and those being helped aren't friends, they lose interest.

It isn't about becoming a fiscal miser who doesn't enjoy his/her money, nor does it prevent you from enjoying some drinks or even your drug of choice, if that's your thing. It's about accepting and owning what's expected of you as an individual, autonomous, functioning member of society.

Hence, limitless "bitcoins for good" could be created, in a vibrant and dynamic economy, while highly deflationary bitcoins will simply sit in a miser's coffee can buried in the backyard.

And if they just pile the money under their mattress we might as well just print money instead of taxing theirs, the net effect on everyone else is the same but the miser gets whatever emotional gratification they're seeking.

Or you're behind some "extreme couponer" who splits their order into six separate orders to maximize their coupon savings, and you have to resist the urge to just pay for their entire order just to shame them into being less of a goddamn miser.