Examples of chintzy in a Sentence
The boss is chintzy about raises.
for the party I want chintzy plates that we can throw away afterward
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While the set seems a bit on the chintzy side, scenic designer Beowulf Boritt does his usual stellar work, assisted immensely by Ken Billington’s full-of-pizzazz lighting design.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
Here were decadent yet chintzy nostalgia pieces with delusions of forward momentum.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
The Art Deco world of Poirot has long since been concreted over by some ’70s town planners, and the Miss Marple chintzy rural drawing room is not a place that many people frequent.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Basketball was so unimportant and the school was so chintzy that the athletic director, who also was the head football coach, made Sloan pay $107 out of his own pocket to have carpet installed in his dingy office.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
Here were decadent yet chintzy nostalgia pieces with delusions of forward momentum.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
The Art Deco world of Poirot has long since been concreted over by some ’70s town planners, and the Miss Marple chintzy rural drawing room is not a place that many people frequent.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Basketball was so unimportant and the school was so chintzy that the athletic director, who also was the head football coach, made Sloan pay $107 out of his own pocket to have carpet installed in his dingy office.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Chintzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chintzy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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chintzy
adjective
chintzier; chintziest
chintziness
noun
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