Frugal

Usage examples of spare.

We do not consider that apperception spares us the trouble of examining ever anew and in small detail all the objects and phenomena that present themselves to us, so as to get their meaning, or that it thus prevents our mental power from scattering and from being worn out with wearisome, fruitless detail labors.

Matekoni was off fetching spare parts from the motor trades distributor with whom he dealt, and Mr Polopetsi was helping the younger apprentice to fix the suspension on a hearse.

The frescoes are of the usual drop scene, barocco, academic kind, but where the damp has spared them they form an effective background.

Under the front seats will be a compartment for more batteries, and there will be a third place under the rear seats, where I will also carry spare wheels and a repair kit.

Guzmeen recognized the boy, but was spared the need to tell Barlennan by Benj himself.

It pleased Bernard for the moment not to spare her, though he felt a sort of delight of kindness for her.

Boers were shouting to their servants, horses were being examined, women were packing the saddle-bags of their husbands and fathers with spare clothes, the pack-beasts were being laden with biltong and other provisions, and so forth.

Okyo had packed, spare sandals, the flea powder, the dried bonito, and the paper rain cloak.

In short, I begged my friend the Bonze to spare me his protests, and thus the unpleasantness of breaking with him for ever.

Back on deck, with time to spare, Harry had all his guns housed, taking care to leave his larboard carronades loaded, even if they were bowsed tight against the ports.

Where oaths and threats had issued from their mouths now came plaintive petitions for mercy, and those who had laughed with such bold braggadocio now wept like young girls, but Elric, full of his old battle-joy, spared none.

The spare breechings should never be stowed near the galley nor Engine-room, lest they be damaged by heat and moisture.

Detailing a man to guard three broken-down crocks like macdonald, bullen, and myself showed that carreras had plenty of men to spare or was excessively cautious.

At a work-bench, repairing a burnishing tool, stood Fuscule: a tall man, very thin, all elbows, knees and long spare shanks.

He had hoped she would assume he had succumbed again to methamphetamine hydrochloride and was sparing her the agony of his descent back into the hell of chemical dependence.