Used in a Sentence

spared

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for spared.

Editorial note

Switzerland prospered as a center of banking and of being ostensibly neutral (eg being spared the horrors of WW2).

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

To show mercy, to have mercy on.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spared gathered in one view.

verb

To show mercy, to have mercy on.

verb

To keep.

verb

(intransitive) To desist; to stop; to refrain.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spared.

verb

To show mercy, to have mercy on.

verb

To keep.

verb

(intransitive) To desist; to stop; to refrain.

verb

(intransitive) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.

Example sentences

1

Switzerland prospered as a center of banking and of being ostensibly neutral (eg being spared the horrors of WW2).

2

Haitian revolutionaries murdered virtually all white men, and spared only the women willing to marry black men.

3

It looks like they didn't spared places like Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, London bridges and so on.

4

Christians (Assyrians) weren't spared either, but not as many as 7000 Yezidis females captive since last summer.

5

It does avoid his religion and his sexism, though, which is good; later parts of the series aren't spared.

6

For every bad story about a bad uber experience are 100's of lives spared from people not driving drunk.

7

Covers just about everything and is beautifully written by a non mathematician with no assumptions spared and no education target.

8

But even in that case, whites are usually spared more than blacks, including in the courts.

9

Fortunately his boss was having none of it, and spared us most of the lecture.

10

The great thing about self-driving suicide bombs is how many lives will be spared.

11

My dad was one of the few spared from this show of gratitude, and was promptly tasked with training the offshore workers.

12

There would be no cost spared in your young princess’s education.

Quote examples

1

I can't speak for Atlanta, but it's not just "lots of land" in Texas that spared it.

2

They gained an early advantage but bought themselves 10 years of technical debt that a more modern cross-platform language would have spared them".

3

You'll be "spared" of course; so you can suffer the rest of your days knowing your decision is what led to your family being killed.

4

And sometimes the doctor would take the whole team of people working in the "office" out to very fancy dinners where no expense was spared.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use spared in a sentence?

Switzerland prospered as a center of banking and of being ostensibly neutral (eg being spared the horrors of WW2).

What does spared mean?

To show mercy, to have mercy on.

What part of speech is spared?

spared is commonly used as verb.