Sentence examples for that was spared from inspiring English sources

Taurasi is one of the few villages in Irpinia that was spared catastrophic damage in a 1980 earthquake.

Ms. Burns's parents lived nearby in a part of the complex that was spared by the fire.

She focuses on the Graveses, the only family in the devastated town of Marah that was spared any loss, and shows the destructive force of their survivors' guilt.

"I lost everything," he said, adding that he had laid off his two workers and gotten a job at a nearby farm that was spared.

The rival bids from AMP and N.A.B. highlighted the eagerness of financial institutions to expand in a region that is growing fast and that was spared much of the turmoil of the global financial crisis.

But it is in the prosperous, southern sections of the city — a mixed Catholic and Protestant community that was spared the worst of the city's sectarian violence — where the first signs of a sustainable recovery are likely to appear.

The power failure affected homes in northwest Japan that were spared in the first quake.

The announcement was met with relief in communities that were spared and consternation in those that were not.

Mr. Christie pointed to a few areas that were spared: state parks, food banks, prescription-drug coverage for the elderly and health insurance coverage for children.

"We are thankful for every hour of increased quiet and less terrorism, and for every drop of blood that is spared," he said.

Therefore damaged pines that are spared during pre-commercial thinning may continue to be eaten by moose and possibly lighten the browsing pressure on previously undamaged trees.