Example Sentences

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Some, I’ve looked at them, and I saw that I want to put more things on the front too,” he continues, looking specifically at one of the sparer pieces near the front of the gallery.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

But something different, sparer and clever is happening with “Enter Ghost,” thanks to Hammad’s adaptation of a Western play.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

Both Churchill and Zelenskyy inspired with their rhetoric, though Churchill’s words were more grandiose, while the Ukrainian leader’s message is sparer and more direct.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2022

And her life of Penelope Fitzgerald is shorter and sparer than the others — like Fitzgerald, who was elusive and a little mysterious, a great writer of concealment.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2021

Rousseau70 asserted this long ago, taking his facts from Buffon, who attributed the fact to the sparer and poorer fare of the country folk.

From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden