Sentence examples for he was conserving from inspiring English sources

Perhaps he was conserving some strength for one last exhibition.

He was conserving his energy, playing less defense and doing less rebounding than he normally did, but at the half he had twenty-three points.

He explained, when I met him for coffee the next morning, that this was taking it easy: he was conserving energy for Nepal.

He said he was conserving his energy to try to win a stage in what he says will be his final Tour.

"I'm unplugging things left and right over here — unplugging the TV set at night," said Paradise, who did not appreciate that while teachers went eight years without raises and he was conserving in order to cover his bills, several managers at the DWP trusts were making about $220,000 a year and charging as much as $30,000 worth of gasoline over four years.

He laughs sparingly, as if he were conserving energy.

He is asked, piteously, if the financial situation is so dire that he is conserving electricity.

That's especially important because Mr. Jackson, who after all is in the midst of complex rehearsals he's helping coordinate, doesn't often let loose vocally because he's conserving his voice (as he sometimes mentions) or can no longer roam around the higher registers.

Maybe Hernandez was conserving energy, which the Yankees should appreciate.

Hildebrand was running on older tires than Wheldon, and he had been conserving fuel.

It seems fairly clear he had been conserving  energy for this final frame.