be sparing with
Example Sentences
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To all dads of teenage girls, please, be sparing with those ‘light teasing’ remarks.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2022
“You have to be sparing with the word ‘historic,’ ” said Justice Minister Heiko Maas, who with a Social Democrat colleague, Family Minister Manuela Schwesig, spent months steering the law over legal and political hurdles.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2015
“Okay, guys, be sparing with the ink, so everyone gets enough. Share. But don’t take too long either, or it might all dry all up.”
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
Orders came down the line for the men to be sparing with water.
From Who Goes There? by Benson, Blackwood Ketcham
“Yes, I think so,” Will answered, “but we must be sparing with the mutton; that is our only food at present, and it may be some little time before we get hold of anything else.”
From By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson by Rainey, W. (William)
