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Discover LudwigThe phrase "sparing with" is not grammatically correct in English.
If you mean to use it in the sense of “being careful or sparing with something,” you could say, "He was sparing with his money."
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He is sparing with technical explanations.
Crunchy slaw, sparing with mayo, is excellent.
But be sparing with the fertilizer.
They were sparing with their words.
Of course he does, though he's sparing with the details.
Pound called it being sparing with the mortar.
Mr. Kelly is sparing with his sharp, simple gestures.
He is sparing with words, but he does not equivocate.
But where's the line between being "respectful" and being overly sparing with necessary criticism?
I have so far been fairly sparing with details of the action of End Games.
"I personally like to be quite sparing with salt quantities," Hampton says.
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