Sentence examples for spare driving from inspiring English sources

It is what a good editor, of the Maxwell Perkins variety, would do: cut out the self-indulgent stuff and present a clean story, inhabited by plausible characters — the "taut, spare, driving" narrative beloved of Sunday reviewers.

The compact edition adheres to a specific idea of what a good novel ought to be.…cut out the self-indulgent stuff and present a clean story, inhabited by plausible characters — the "taut, spare, driving" narrative beloved of Sunday reviewers.… When you come to the end of the compact "Moby-Dick" you don't think, What a betrayal; you think, Nice job — what were the missing bits again?

It was there in the precise angles and curves of the drummers' hands as they struck out spare but driving rhythms on their wooden drums and issued guttural, creaturely cries.

For the next year, Whetlor spent much of his spare time driving kids up and down the A303 in a clapped-out van with moss growing on its engine, often setting off for London at dawn so he'd be back at the Volunteer in time for lunch service.

And I do my best to spare people driving with me, although sometimes I am told to calm down.

Conduit builds spare but driving frames of sound out of synth and percussion, using the space of repetition to allow a feeling of improvisation and dysfunction to the flow.

In its own way, it was also built as a service that served drivers' needs, in this case to fill spare time in their driving day.

In his spare time, Hartman enjoyed driving, flying, sailing, marksmanship and playing the guitar.

And shoppers are spared the inconvenience of driving and parking, since they can teleport to and from any store in a matter of seconds.

Mr. Elshafei had been driving on his spare that morning, after discovering a flat at Newark Airport the night before.

Leaving school at 16 he established one of the UK's biggest car dealerships while dabbling in driving in his spare time.