spared

Example Sentences

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Altadena’s two libraries, both spared from destruction, have borne outsize responsibility for picking up the slack from these losses, and have hosted community events and workshops for those hoping to rebuild.

From Los Angeles Times

Savers may be spared the indignity of seeing the returns on their cash dwindle to near nothing - although institutions sometimes don't need an excuse to reduce savings rates.

From BBC

Alphabet continues to benefit from a US court ruling late last year that spared the Internet giant from having to sell off its Chrome browser to address monopoly concerns.

From Barron's

There was something so raw about the sound of it that it made me wish, with everything in me, that I could have spared my little sister— and all of us—this pain and fear.

From Literature

Still, in a sign of real realignment in State Department attitudes, even organizations with noble-sounding names weren’t spared.

From The Wall Street Journal