Sentence examples for spared being from inspiring English sources

Peter Wright, standing beside him, was also spared being forced to fight.

The way India are playing, Peter Moores and company should probably just be grateful that they were spared being tarred and feathered in front of 90,000.

A dramatic "American Idol," on which the finalist Matt Giraud was spared being sent home by the judges who exercised their veto power for their first time, dominated the ratings on Wednesday night.

As far as possible avoid the costumes of your own day.... Costumes of our period should not be depicted unless it be on tombstones, so that we may be spared being laughed at by our successors for the mad fashions of men and leave behind only things that may be admired for their dignity and beauty.

In his Treatise on Painting, published long after his death, he wrote that art should avoid the fashion: As far as possible avoid the costumes of your own day.…Costumes of our period should not be depicted unless it be on tombstones, so that we may be spared being laughed at by our successors for the mad fashions of men and leave behind only things that may be admired for their dignity and beauty.

Don't think you will be spared being hacked because your business is small, because attackers routinely probe sites large and small alike, looking for vulnerabilities.

The only possession spared was a lawn gnome.

"Sparing" is doubly meaningful in that sentence.

He was spared, England were spared.

He was spared because he was underweight.

Palms and soles were spared and there was no lymphadenopathy.