sparing

Example Sentences

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Sparing that land also would help limit biodiversity loss and conserve water, the researchers found.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2023

Sparing PC Simon an immediate custodial sentence, the judge pointed to the effect custody would have on the officer's family.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2023

Sparing only a few from reproach, he wrote dismissively of Mr. Blair’s ministers.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2022

Sparing Jeff the tough choices, the writers shunt moral transformation onto a minor character.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2022

Sparing in diet, wasting little care on his dress—perhaps the plainest in his court,—frugal, "so much as was lawful to a prince," he was lavish in matters of State or in public affairs.

From Henry the Second by Green, Mrs. J. R.