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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The pieces include sweet drapey sweaters, pants and bodysuits dotted with prints straight from chintzy childhood blankets, as well as kittens cozied up together on a silk skirt.
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Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
Here were decadent yet chintzy nostalgia pieces with delusions of forward momentum.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 26 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
But Sly did something ingenious, playing those chintzy drum samples off the beat, massaging them into something revelatory.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
Here were decadent yet chintzy nostalgia pieces with delusions of forward momentum.
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 26 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
But Sly did something ingenious, playing those chintzy drum samples off the beat, massaging them into something revelatory.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Chintzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chintzy. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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chintzy
adjective
chintzier; chintziest
chintziness
noun
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