Sentence examples for attempt to spare from inspiring English sources

In a late attempt to spare Mr. Williams's life, lawyers argued that prosecutors had withheld evidence of sexual abuse.

In the dust of Iraq, the boots, Mr. Bremer says, are an attempt to spare his dress shoes.

Barring an emergency, repair work is never completed by the authority during the morning rush hour, in an attempt to spare commuters nightmarish delays.

Curzon's private life only rarely intrudes, Gilmour never delves into forensic psychology, and there is no attempt to spare the reader the intricacies of British party politics.

Last year it completed its first inventory of older buildings in an attempt to spare more of them from developers' wrecking balls.

In an attempt to spare 13th a tired formality, DuVernay awkwardly disguises the film's voiceover as the words of an interviewee; the effect is halting.

But as General Petraeus implements his plan to correct the flawed strategy we followed in the past and attempts to spare the United States and the world the catastrophe of an American defeat, it is an equal disservice to dismiss early signs of progress.

As Spud reasons with his pals when he attempts to spare the rodent: "They posh wifies think people like us ur vermin, likesay, does that make it right thit they should kill us?" Public access to the tree-lined pathways and blossom trees of the Meadows was first granted in the middle of the 19th century.

She was attempting to spare her younger sister from further anguish.

Holmes' own family testified in his defense, attempting to spare him from the death penalty.

In doing so, it appeared to be attempting to spare King Salman, already fighting battles on multiple fronts, a further potentially explosive headache.