sparing

The sparing of Jones’s life brings relief to his supporters, but not satisfaction.
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In addition to sparing their lives, Kruger offered the prisoners better food and other privileges for their hard work.
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His cadence is a steady beat rather than a roller coaster, and his words sparing and simple.
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His body had caught the impact, sparing the lives of two of his friends.
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As he rode away, the redheaded wildling filled her lover with three arrows, sparing his life.
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A commotion has erupted in one of the dressing rooms, sparing me more reminiscences from Tyrone.
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She says she ain't going to spoil her children by sparing rods when our 'upper lot' is full of 'em.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
She was in a bitter mood to-night, not sparing Ralph Towne as she would not have spared herself.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
Hitherto he had been sparing of his movements, husbanding his strength against the long battle that seemed promised him.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Naturally an elaborate novel like The Nabob lends itself indefinitely to minute comment, but we must be sparing of it.
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All the other St. Julien beasts had perished; men muttered at Longsword for sparing the horse.
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British Dictionary definitions for sparing

sparing

/ (ˈspɛərɪŋ) /

adjective

(sometimes foll by with or of) economical or frugal (with)

scanty; meagre

merciful or lenient

Derived forms of sparing

sparingly, adverbsparingness, noun

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