Sentence examples for spare men from inspiring English sources

The salon treatments are as short as five minutes and spare men the indignity of foils.

Around the fringes of her heroines' wrecked relationships circle the "coffin chasers", even more desperate female predators who pick the bones of dead marriages and make off with the spare men.

Most obvious, for teams that sit deep and seek only to defend, having two spare men at the back (particularly if the marking is zonal rather than man-to-man) is actually a major advantage.

Clermont scored only one try but their high‑quality team score neatly summed up the contest, big forwards making ominous ground before the outstanding Rougerie and Morgan Parra coolly worked Lee Byrne over with two spare men outside him.

Sabella was a devotee of 5-3-2 when he led Estudiantes to the title and the Copa Libertadores but the danger of using three central defenders against a lone centre-forward is that, with two spare men, one is left redundant.

We imagine he has it in mind to spare men in that class of deferment from getting their feelings hurt, or their eyes blackened, by overzealous patriots who suspect them of dodging servic We are opposed to this piece of legislation: L There is a general disinclination on the part of Americans, despite the example set by Pres.

I want to spare humankind, men and women alike, the pain that is self-loathing.

A spare man, a libero, bolted the door behind them, hence its Italian name: "catenaccio".

Wright was not used as a sweeper but rather as a spare man in a flat back four.

1.33pm GMT 3 min: Butcher, rather than Wright, is playing as the spare man at the back.

Hansen, who is sixty-three, is a spare man with a lean face and a fringe of brown hair.