Sentence examples for Spare from inspiring English sources
The word "spare" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it as an adjective to mean "not used" or "do not need" or as a verb to mean "to keep something free for another use" or "to save." Example sentence: We were able to spare some of our resources for the relief effort.
adjective
Scanty; not abundant or plentiful.
Access to treatment should not depend on whether someone can spare the money.
Food and water, sleeping bags, spare equipment and portaledges – sleeping platforms – need to be hauled up the wall.
We hereby pledge that we will spare no efforts until Dubai government achieves its vision to be one of the top 10 happiest cities in the world by 2021".
They often end up letting out a spare room to a friend and the ultra-low interest rates of the last five years can mean the rent their mates is paying them is more than their mortgage.
National Grid has moved to reassure households and businesses it will have enough power supply even in a cold winter after a spate of fires and power plant closures helped to cut spare capacity to an eight-year low.
Today, Thoronka washes his set of spare clothes in the public toilets and then spreads them out on the grass in the park to dry.
In a small black rucksack he carries all his possessions: a phone, an old toothbrush, a spare pair of underpants and trousers, and a packet of paracetamol, purchased in a pound shop, to stave off the aches and pains that come from living on the streets.
I'm relieved everything is so hunky dory in the health service that he can spare the time to kvetch about what Vicky Pryce puts on her stationery but I suspect the "vast majority of the public" are more scandalised by dodgy hospital death rates.
The other change I've made is to switch off some of the radiators in the spare bedrooms completely.
Hannibal decides to spare his life, possibly because he desires connection with someone again, like he had with Will before he betrayed him.
