Example sentences for: spare

How can you use “spare” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As best I can tell, the Wall Street Journal hasn't run an article at all; the Los Angeles Times couldn't spare more than 200 words, and the New York Times did one story yesterday with virtually no reporting in it.

  • Thus, whilst penguins might at first appear counter, spare, and strange, they serve as a reminder that differences between the north and south might not be so much strange, as remarkable and worthy of closer attention.

  • While visiting St. Louis this week, the pope asked Carnahan to spare him.

  • But it’s well worth the trip for anyone with four or five days to spare and eager to get away from the throng into this still-unspoiled wilderness on the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

  • Our studies have confirmed that "can you spare a dime, and by the way, I have a gun" has a response rate in the mid-70s, and you just can't ignore numbers like that.


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