spared
Example Sentences
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But after being spared execution each time, he went on to be regarded as the longest serving prisoner in the US before dying in June at 101 years old.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“With no expense spared, this property boasts luxury quality construction, with grand scale and volume throughout, flooded with fresh air and brilliant Southern California sunlight,” the description states.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Jeselnik believes his stage persona spared him from that particular crisis of self.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
About 40,000 of BMW's roughly 85,000 permanent German employees would receive the offers from October, the source said, adding that production line workers would be spared the cuts.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
For the present, he could not be spared, to his “very great mortification and regret; but still he looked forward with the hope of coming to Randalls at no distant period.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
