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How to use the word SPARE in a Sentence? Page #5

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I wanted to go to bed that night knowing we had done as much as we could to spare lives.

Max Mayfield

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Politicians get to say, 'We have the death penalty, look at all the people we have on death row,' but the delays allow them to spare the public from the gruesome act of an execution.

Paula Mitchell

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If three or four years go by and you lack training, you lack money, you lack equipment, you lack spare parts and most importantly you lack a competent, capable, committed leadership, then you can certainly understand why units fell apart.

Mark Milley

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

My beard houses items when my pockets are full, these items include spare change, toothpicks and raw black olives. My beard also goes by the name of Grizz.

Chris Stoikos

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I believe that we'll be OK, but I want to take a look if we are short on spare parts, i know we're going to need more than we have. I think there's risk there, and I wanted to lay out exactly what that risk is.

Jon Davis

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

No-one can know with confidence how much spare capacity there is in the economy or what the sustainable growth rate ... will be looking forward, any rule needs to be defined in the knowledge that our estimates of these things may change.

Robert Chote

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have growing concerns about crude fundamentals and prices in 2H15 and 2016 after the quick recovery (since January) ... The market appears complacent about rising OPEC production and upcoming Iran discussions, both of which could more than offset U.S. declines, that said, retesting YTD (year-to-date) lows is very unlikely. Healthy transport demand, reflected in strong refining margins, capex cuts and low spare capacity should limit downside.

Morgan Stanley

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

How do you get under the skin of clients today, because they often work on their mobiles and they manage their wealth in their spare time, it might be in the bathroom, it might be waiting for a flight.

Dave Bruno

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

How do you get under the skin of clients today, because they often work on their mobiles and they manage their wealth in their spare time, it might be in the bathroom, it might be waiting for a flight.

Dave Bruno

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's also about defense infrastructure, bases with supplies, fuel, spare parts, weapons and so on, we would like the decisions at the next(NATO) summit to go in that direction.

Stanislaw Koziej

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

They're killing those of us in the street to steal our bike because there are no bikes or spare parts, well-dressed women participate in the scam. They ask for a taxi ride, and when you arrive there is a thief waiting to rob you. Sometimes our companions don't want to hand over the motorcycle and they shoot them in the legs or they kill them.

Jorge Montaño

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

As history has shown, the British monarchy is anything but predictable -- in two of the last three generations the second-born child has stepped up to the top job and reigned successfully, never underestimate the long-lasting potential of a royal' spare'.

Elizabeth II

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I assure you that Boko Haram will soon know the strength of our collective will and commitment to rid this nation of terror and to bring back peace and normalcy to all the affected areas, we shall spare no effort until we defeat terrorism.

Muhammadu Buhari

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

His primary motive in pleading guilty today was to spare the children who would testify the trauma (and) the embarrassment.

Randolph Lee

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

While the low crude oil prices are expected to incentivize crude stockbuild (in China), stockpiling activities at the SPRs this year will remain constrained by available spare capacity, however, in anticipation of the start-up of another SPR site this year, crude imports could pick up later this year.

Wendy Yong

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

As for my personal perception, I am not ashamed before the citizens who voted for me, all these eight years I worked like a galley slave, to spare no effort. I am happy with the results.

Vladimir Putin

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

There is a lot of spare capacity in the U.S. and some geographical rebalancing still remains to be done.

Marco Dunand

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Nobody can also destabilize this country. So anybody who comes to attack this country; be ready because you are going to die no matter who you are and who backed you, we will get to the bottom of this and we will not spare anybody.

Yahya Jammeh

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We will get to the bottom of this and we will not spare anybody.

Yahya Jammeh

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I went with a school friend of mine, i needed some extra spare cash, so I was talking to my mate who used to pack away and set up stalls. He said, 'Why don't you come with me?'.

Briton Ian Poulter

Found on CNN
9 years ago

On behalf of the American people, I offer my deepest condolences to Luke’s family and to his loved ones, as this and previous hostage rescue operations demonstrate, the United States will spare no effort to use all of its military, intelligence and diplomatic capabilities to bring Americans home safely, wherever they are located. .

Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The Abu Dhabi Police will spare no effort in order to unveil this heinous crime and bring the culprit to justice.

Rashid Mohammad Borshid

Found on CNN
9 years ago

He types his labored column -- weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: spare, editor, to condemn these dry leaves of his autumn.

Robertson Davies

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.

Samuel Pepys

added by anonymous
9 years ago

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