be sparing with
Example Sentences
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To all dads of teenage girls, please, be sparing with those ‘light teasing’ remarks.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2022
“You have to be sparing with the word ‘historic,’ ” said Justice Minister Heiko Maas, who with a Social Democrat colleague, Family Minister Manuela Schwesig, spent months steering the law over legal and political hurdles.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2015
“Okay, guys, be sparing with the ink, so everyone gets enough. Share. But don’t take too long either, or it might all dry all up.”
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
His experience with Big Tom had taught him at least one valuable lesson: to be sparing with his tongue.
From The Rich Little Poor Boy by Gates, Eleanor
Yes, herr, well sheltered from three winds, and there is plenty of good water; but we shall have to be sparing with the wood.
From The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps by Burton, Frederic William
